Health

Eight new cases of the Ebola virus have been recorded in North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization (WHO) reports on Wednesday. Of the eight cases, there have been six fatalities, the WHO’s regional office for Africa said on its Twitter account. Some 573 …

According to the executive director of the United Nations AIDS agency, HIV infections could have a peak in the western and central regions of Africa due to the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic in health services. “We are seeing across countries, a decrease in people receiving prevention, a decrease in …

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the death of more than 5 million people worldwide since the WHO office in China reported the onset of the disease at the end of 2019. This assessment, which takes into account the deaths recorded by the national health authorities, only represents a part of …

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the most prominent figures during the Covid-19 pandemic, is the sole candidate to lead the World Health Organization once his current term expires, the WHO announced Friday. In his application letter, the Ethiopian former health and foreign minister said Covid-19 had “ravaged the world” and in a …

Health authorities in Cameroon have postponed the rollout of the third Covid-19 vaccination campaign which had been scheduled to run from Wednesday until 31 October. Dr Manaouda Malachie, the minister of public health has announced that the campaign will begin on 17 November and 400,000 doses of vaccines are expected …

The African Union has announced that it intends to purchase up to 110m doses of the Moderna ARN vaccines in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic on the continent. Moderna is prepared to deliver the first 15 million doses to Africa later this year as part of …

The mayor of Moscow has decided that unvaccinated residents over the age of 60 stay at home from this Monday and for the next 120 days as the country is hit hard by a new wave of Covid-19 – Sunday. The mayor of the Russian capital has decreed the re-confinement …

The World Health Organization (WHO) says more than 100,000 health workers have died since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, and that millions are still unvaccinated. WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the situation an indictment of the countries and companies that controlled global supply, and said members of the …

Lawmakers in Benin have passed a law to legalize abortion in the country, expanding on the restricted circumstances where the practice was already permitted. Abortion, which was legally permitted only in limited situations such as rape or incest, or if the mother’s life was threatened, will now be possible for …

Military leaders in Guinea have eased Covid-19 restrictions, including ending a night curfew and suspending a requirement for prior authorisation to transport bodies outside the capital, Conakry. The military junta, the National Rally and Development Committee (CNRD), on Twitter posted : “The curfew is lifted; advance requests for authorisation to …