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COP26-Health: Morocco among countries pledging to develop up low-carbon health system

Morocco is among the group of 50 countries which committed to develop a climate-resilient and low-carbon health system at the UN Climate Change Conference currently held in Glasgow (COP26). Forty-five of these countries, including some of those most vulnerable to the health harms caused by climate change as well as some of the world’s biggest […]

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Covid-19: Morocco hits WHO’s Vaccination Target

Morocco has already reached the global covid vaccination target set in May by the World Health Organization in order to protect 10 pc of the most vulnerable of each country’s population against coronavirus by the end of September.   Morocco has administered at least 34,160,942 doses of COVID vaccines so far. The number of people […]

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European Union does not recognize Covishield vaccine

Will Africans be able to travel to Europe this summer? For now, at least, most of them still cannot travel to France and most EU countries, despite the reopening of borders.   Only vaccines already approved by the European Medicines Agency are currently accepted on the “health pass” of the 27. The Covishield vaccine is […]

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Representatives of UN Agencies laud Morocco’s exemplary response to pandemic

Representatives of UN agencies based in Morocco have lauded the Kingdom’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic as “exemplary”.   Morocco’s effective management of the health crisis and its socio-economic effects make of the Kingdom a model in the world, they said, during a virtual meeting on the management of the Covid-19 pandemic. They highlighted the […]

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Royal humanitarian initiative for Africa, a tangible manifestation of regional solidarity – WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has commended the initiative of King Mohammed VI to grant medical aid to African countries as an act of benevolent generosity and a genuine and tangible manifestation of regional solidarity, in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. “The generosity of HM King Mohammed VI in sending medical aid to the […]

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WHO warns of accelerated COVID-19 outbreak in Africa

Africa, which has been spared the mass outbreak seen in China, Europe and elsewhere, is now facing the real risk of the virus spreading rapidly beyond capital cities underscoring the risk of weak health infrastructure. As the virus spreads to Africa’s rural areas, “a lack of tests and other supplies was hampering responses,” said WHO’s […]

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COVID-19: WHO resumes clinical trials on Chloroquine

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday the resumption of clinical trials of hydroxychloroquine, nine days after suspending them following the publication of a study in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet. The suspension of Solidarity trials on May 25 following the publication of the study in The Lancet, which found that the use […]

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Morocco continues use of Chloroquine despite controversy

Morocco maintains its medical protocol based on chloroquine in the treatment of coronavirus affected patients, despite the concerns raised by the World Health Organization. While the WHO has decided to temporarily suspend clinical trials with hydroxychloroquine, Morocco maintains its use, reveals L’Economiste daily this Wednesday. Minister of Health, Khalid Aït Taleb, has confirmed that Morocco […]

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WHO to sign a clause of confidentiality with Madagascar to support Covid Organics clinical trials

Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, held a videoconference with the President of Madagascar Andry Nirina Rajoelina. The two men mentioned the famous Covid Organics, the Malagasy herbal tea that is supposed to fight Covid-19. Malagasy President Andry Nirina Rajoelina said the WHO will sign a confidentiality clause on the formulation […]

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WHO urges African states to do more tests as coronavirus peak approaches

The World Health Organization called on African states to do more tests to better deal with a peak in infections expected in the upcoming weeks. The number of infections in the continent has already doubled and some countries “may face a huge peak very soon,” Michel Yao, the WHO Africa program manager for emergency response, […]