Health and medicine

Uganda, relatively spared so far by the Covid-19 pandemic, has seen the number of positive cases increase in recent weeks in the country. A new wave that raises fears of new restrictive measures while the curfew is still in place. On Saturday night, President Yoweri Museveni spoke on TV to launch a warning message about the development of the health situation.…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the number of illegal abortions is almost 300,000 each year under unhealthy conditions. Minors are particularly concerned, with 76% of Ivorian women ending their pregnancies still attending school, according to the NGO Médecins du Monde. From our correspondent in Abidjan,At the end of the morning, the sun is not sore with the people of Soubré, the…

In Uganda, the Ministry of Well being estimates that roughly 1.4 million persons are HIV-positive within the nation. But when the therapy is free, many determine to not take the drugs. Worry of discrimination, denial of the illness, melancholy, medical doctors should do actual work to lift consciousness to be certain that their sufferers observe their suggestions.…

The availability of vaccines towards Covid-19 on the African continent "through" the worldwide Covax initiative is "virtually stagnant" worries the African division of the World Well being Group (WHO). Within the final three months, solely 18 of the 66 million anticipated doses have been acquired. The group requires worldwide solidarity.…

President Faustin Archange Touadéra made an announcement within the nationwide media to evaluate the state of affairs of the Covid-19 epidemic. As of Could 18, the nation had registered 7,015 circumstances of contamination and greater than 96 deaths for the reason that pandemic started. The state of affairs is deteriorating and the president has determined to concern a decree declaring Covid-19 an…

Whereas vaccination campaigns are accelerating in some international locations, they're stagnating in others. LeMalawi needed to destroy almost 17,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. Doses with out recipients that stopped expiring. A whole of 16,910 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been cremated on the Central…

If the third wave of epidemics in March-April has now handed, it was skilled with difficulties by hospital care, overwhelmed by the circumstances with Covid-19. And oxygen is barely there. Report back to a hospital within the capital. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardThroughout the peak of the disaster, a number of…

Preserving social spending in poor international locations within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and decreased sources: that is the purpose of the debt moratorium. In Mali, based on the World Financial institution, it made it attainable to launch 7.3 billion FCFA for public funds between Could and December 2020. A modest "recent air" in comparison with final 12 months's expenditures. Illustration…

The Council of Ministers on Wednesday 12 Could determined to ease the air suspension measures within the territory. Madagascar has closed its borders to international flights for 3 weeks as a result of the second coronavirus wave and the South African variant. as reported from Madagascar, Laure VerneauIt is a derogatory…

In response to the Congolese Minister of Well being, 5 instances of the Indian variant have been found in a constructing within the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. 5 instances of the Indian variant of coronavirus have been recognized in Kinshasa, Congolese Well being Minister Jean-Jacques Mbungani Mbanda mentioned…