Infrastructure bottlenecks undermine South Africa’s growth

Once the largest economy in the continent, South Africa reels under infrastructure degradation that risks ditching the country’s economic growth, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence. Infrastructure dysfunctions, notably irregular electricity, supply hit production at Africa’s most industrialized nation, stoked unrest and worsened the country’s macroeconomic balances. Thea Fourie, Director for Sub-Saharan Africa Economics and […]

COVID-19 : Morocco Expands Hospital Capacity

Morocco is mobilizing all its medical resources and infrastructures to expand its Covid-19 treatment capacity and provide more ICU beds, ventilators and healthcare staff to help contain the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far killed 90 people in the country, infected 1,184, while 88 others recovered. To support the country’s response efforts, the Royal Armed […]

Marrakech Declaration, a roadmap for an African Charter on Health Harm Reduction

Participants in the 1st African Conference on Health Risk Reduction, held under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, recommended, on Friday in Marrakech at the end of the proceedings of this event, the development of an African Charter on Health Harm Reduction in Africa, based on a multi-stakeholder vision, as an essential step […]