World Health Organization (WHO)
Risk of meningitis A outbreak due to delayed vaccines, WHO states
Reading Time: < 1 minute With the Covid-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at […]
African leaders must speak against vaccine apartheid
Reading Time: 3 minutes Penny Lutung Amor Covid-19 has shown glaring flaws in the world’s collective ability to respond to infectious disease outbreaks, with none […]
Storybook to help children cope with Corona released
Reading Time: 2 minutes The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with other organisations has released a new book that will help children stay […]
Heads of global organisations plead for $50b vaccine equity
Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington, Wednesday Global health and economic leaders have called on countries to back urgent financing actions to flatten vaccine inequities […]
166,000 Covid-19 jabs yet to be used, ministry says
Reading Time: 2 minutes George Kebaso @Morarak Some 166,046 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are yet to be administered according to Ministry of Health data. […]
Covax strikes deal to buy 500 million doses of Moderna jabs
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Covax global programme, which has relied heavily on AstraZeneca vaccines, said on Monday it has struck a deal to […]
World Covid deaths pass three million
Reading Time: 3 minutes London, Sunday The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to […]
Magufuli was both revered and reviled in equal terms
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mohammed Khelef Tanzania’s government says President John Pombe Magufuli died as a result of a heart condition. This follows […]
Kenya not among Africa countries lined up for UN-backed drugs supply
Reading Time: < 1 minute George Kebaso @Morarak Kenya will have to wait a little longer for the much-needed Covid-19 vaccine after it emerged that Rwanda, […]
Doubt still in US-Africa ties after change of guard
Reading Time: 3 minutes The inauguration of President Joe Biden in Capitol Hill, has opened a new world of possibilities for those with close […]