Indonesia is in talks with several African countries, including Nigeria, to export and donate its homemade COVID-19 vaccine, its developer said on Friday. Indonesia is becoming the first country in Southeast Asia to approve a domestically developed COVID shot. Its approval for the shot, the detailed trial data of which …
Read More »Ebola virus in Uganda has mutated – researchers
The Ebola virus circulating in Uganda has mutated, according to Prof Pontiano Kaleebu of the Uganda Virus Research Institute. Prof Pontiano Kaleebu says there is however no evidence that it is any more transmissible than the original strain. They analysed samples from the first known case to be tested during …
Read More »Namibia confirms 54 cases of swine flu
Namibia has confirmed 54 cases of swine flu out of 190 suspected cases, the health ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. The central Otjozundjopa region and the area surrounding the capital Windhoek were the most affected, with 24 positive cases reported in each area. H1N1 influenza, also known as …
Read More »Ugandan health worker killed by Ebola virus
Ugandan health authorities confirmed the death of another health worker, an anaesthetic officer, who died in the early hours of Wednesday. Margaret Nabisubi, 58, is the fourth medical worker to die of Ebola, according to Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng. I regret to announce the passing of another Health worker, …
Read More »“Stop replacing condoms with pills” – Dr Stephen Ayisi-Addo
The director of the National STI and HIV/AIDS Control Program (NACP) in Ghana, Dr. Stephen Ayisi-Addo, advised young people to refrain from replacing the use of condoms with emergency contraceptives. Dr. Stephen Ayisi-Addo said it was important the youth used contraception correctly, consistently and continuously if they want to be …
Read More »Uganda: President Museveni provides update on Ebola outbreak
Five people died from Ebola in Uganda and another 19 deaths were likely caused by the disease, President Yoweri Museveni said on Wednesday. In a televised address President Museveni said that in addition to five confirmed Ebola fatalities, another 19 deaths in the community were likely due to the disease. …
Read More »African scientists struggling to eradicate malaria
Scientists from more than 50 African countries gathered in Kigali for the 8th annual conference of the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association to find ways to eradicate malaria, a disease that kills more people in Africa than anywhere else. somewhere else. Every two minutes and each year a child dies of …
Read More »Ebola cases on the rise in Uganda
The number of suspected Ebola infections continues to rise in Uganda as the health ministry reported 34 suspected cases and 21 deaths possibly caused by the virus. Health teams are continuing to trace any people that may have come into contact with it. The outbreak began in the central district …
Read More »Ethiopia: childhood diseases rise in Tigray – officials
Childhood diseases such as measles, tetanus and polio are on the rise in Ethiopia’s Tigray region after vaccination rates declined amid the ongoing war in the region, according to regional health officials. Data from the Tigray Health Bureau shows that the percentage of children in the region receiving routine vaccines …
Read More »Health: 18 billion to fight three global epidemics by 2030
The Seventh Conference of the Global Fund to Fight HIV, Malaria and Tuberculosis was held from Sunday 18 to Tuesday 21 September in New York for replenishment purposes. The objective of the institution was to raise 18 billion over the next three years which will be used to finance health …
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