Madagascar records its first death from Covid-19 despite Covid-Organics
“It is with great sadness that we have to share with all our compatriots, that there is an individual, aged 57, who died from Covid-19,” […]
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Niger and Congo receive their consignment of Malagasy product against Covid 19
After Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea, Niger and Congo-Brazzaville have in turn received a donation of Covid-Organics, this decoction based on artemisia, which the Malagasy president […]
African leaders back WHO and Tedros Ghebreyesus after Trump’s attacks
African leaders on Wednesday rallied behind the World Health Organization (WHO) and its head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus following an attack on the world health body […]
Ebola clinical trials begin in DR Congo
Congolese authorities last weekend approved clinical trials for four experimental Ebola treatments in the Central African nation. According to local media, health workers have already […]
Africa: Air pollution kills hundreds children – WHO warns
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said air pollution kills 7 million people each year including 600,000 children mostly in Africa and Asia. It […]
WHO calls crisis meeting over deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has called an Emergency Committee meeting on the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of […]
Largest-ever global response to cholera targets 2 million people in Africa
The largest cholera vaccination drive in history targeting two million people across Africa is underway, the United Nations announced on Monday, in response to a […]
WHO revokes Robert Mugabe as goodwill ambassador
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Sunday revoked Zimbabwe’s leader, Robert Mugabe, as “good-will ambassador” for health, days after his nomination sparked scathing criticism around […]
Madagascar: Plague outbreak kills scores – WHO
The World Health Organization on Sunday warned that a highly infectious, deadly form of pneumonic plague is spreading rapidly in Madagascar after the outbreak has […]
AU Commission backs African candidate for WHO top position
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Moussa Faki Mahamat, and the continent’s richest man, Aliko Dangote on Monday took to Twitter to endorse […]