On Friday, the leaders of Africa gathered for a summit in Malabo in Equatorial Guinea. The agenda was stream lined – the continent is in dire need of humanitarian aid amid growing crises including food…
Polio outbreak in Mozambique
A child has been paralyzed in Mozambique’s northeastern Tete province. And the health authorities have confirmed it to be due to polio virus, thus declaring polio outbreak in the African country. Second imported case of…
Africa: WHO raises concerns over rise in Covid…
Earlier this month, Africa had been experiencing a settling down of Covid-19 cases. As World Health Organization (WHO) had pointed out, this was the longest running decline in cases in the continent since the pandemic…
Malawi polio case detection prompts mass vaccination of…
Malawi -Â Polio virus outbreak in Malawi after case was detected for the first time since 1992 has prompted mass vaccination of children against the virus in Southern Africa. In the mass vaccination campaign, more than…
Pharma giant Moderna to build mRNA vaccine manufacturing…
Pharmaceutical giant Moderna said on Monday that it would be building a manufacturing facility for mRNA (messenger RNA) vaccines in Kenya. This would include much in demand and requirement vaccines against Covid-19. Moderns expect to…
Tigray conflict prevents supplies reaching hospitals, patients suffer…
Tigray - Tigray conflict is not nearing an end and the consequences of humanitarian crisis are being borne by the civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. The conflict between the Ethiopian government and TPLF (Tigray People’s…
South Africa develops a copy of the Moderna…
A game-changing breakthrough by South African scientists has resulted in the successful replication of the Moderna Covid vaccine, a development that could put an end to vaccine scarcity in impoverished countries. According to Afrigen Biologics…
Here’s how South Africa is planning to end…
South Africa - South Africa is under the radar of many countries after the latest variant, Omicron, was found first in the nation. Due to this, it is dealing with huge losses both financially and…
Nigeria Feels No Remorse Destroying Near Expiration 1…
Nigeria -While Nigeria destroyed a huge one million lot of expired Astra Zeneca vaccines, it happily received the ones donated by the US too. The skepticism over vaccine efficacy has forced the continent to the…
According to the United Nations, one out of…
Somalia -Following three seasons of inadequate rainfall, the UN warned on Monday that one in every four Somalians is at risk of acute famine as a result of a drought that has slammed the country…
South Africans are worried about Ramaphosa’s positive COVID-19…
South Africa - Some South Africans are concerned that despite being completely vaccinated against COVID 19, the country's president, Cyril Ramaphosa, might still test positive for the virus. After testing positive for COVID-19, the president,…
According to a report, the Covid-19 pandemic exposes…
Africa - According to new research from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, the present health crisis has exposed the frail character of Africa's health institutions. In certain nations, a lack of data is one of the…
Mass Vaccination In Focus With Omicron Spread Scare…
Kenya - The locals of Kenya are now rushing for vaccination after the outbreak of news about the Omicron variant. It is said that the new variant is more contagious than the earlier ones, and…
South Africa initiates Phase 3 clinical trail of…
On Friday, South Africa joined the global ongoing phase 3 clinical trial of China’s Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine. The clinical trial id for ages 6 months to 17 years. The African country has vaccinated first…
Following a case of the Marburg virus, WHO…
At least four people have been identified as contacts of a man who died in Guinea from the Ebola-like Marburg virus, according to the World Health Organization, which has sent specialists to the West African…
Covid cases in Namibia rises and the capacity…
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob mentioned in the press interview that their country is facing a “dark and sombre moment” as coronavirus deaths and cases rapidly increase. Addressing the nation, and giving everyone a hard reality…
Covid vaccine gap: How South Africa hopes to…
With South Africa's vaccination campaign moving at a snail's pace, President Cyril Ramaphosa has been forced to tighten lockdown restrictions in a bid to contain a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. On the other…
One million people in Madagascar are starving, according…
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), southern Madagascar is experiencing its worst drought in four decades, with more than 1.14 million people in need of food. WFP estimates that 14,000 people are currently in…
South Africa Announces Vaccination Roll Out Amidst Massive…
The African population runs the risk for getting wiped out by June, if the continent doesn’t do something about getting it vaccinated sooner. There have been mixed views over consuming the various brands of COVID19…