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Tag: World Health Organization
Global health: Cape Verde, 4th African nation to be declared malaria-free
Cape Verde, the West African archipelago of ten islands, has officially been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as malaria-free, hailing it as a ... Read More
Five died in Benin owing to rabies
Five people died in June as a result of rabies in Benin, the country’s Health department has indicated on Tuesday. The victims were reported in ... Read More
Egypt: parliament rubber-stamps Japan’s fund for Universal Health Insurance System
The Egyptian legislature green-lighted Wednesday a signed agreement between the Government and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in which the Japanese agency will provide ... Read More
Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More
Equatorial Guinea confirms outbreak of deadly Marburg virus, reports 9 casualties
Equatorial Guinea has announced its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, the World Health Organization (WTO) confirmed ... Read More
‘Health Silk Road’: China’s health diplomacy in Africa in post-COVID era
The controversial Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is due to open in the next few months is just ... Read More
Ebola cases, fatalities rise in Uganda, as DR Congo declares end to latest outbreak
The 15th outbreak of Ebola disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes to an end as neighboring Uganda races to tackle a virus ... Read More
Escalating Tigray war: UNICEF condemns deadly attack by Ethiopian forces
UNICEF has condemned an air strike by Ethiopian forces in the Tigray region which locals say hit a kindergarten called Red Kids Paradise, killing four ... Read More
Fighting Malaria in Africa: WTO to roll out malaria vaccine despite Lack of Funding
As the World Health Organization (WTO) announces the next step in its distribution of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, the ... Read More
Covid-19: Morocco suspends flights to and from France starting Nov.28
Moroccan authorities have decided to suspend temporarily flights to and from France starting Nov.28 due to a surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in some ... Read More