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researchers warn of soil and air pollution

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East Africa
Madagascar has one of the lowest environmental indices on the planet. One in five deaths on the island is caused by environmental degradation and its effects on health. Various researchers have sounded the alarm during a conference day on this topic. From our correspondent in Antananarivo,In 2016, a study was initiated on the…

In the spotlight: Africa relatively preserved by Covid

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West Africa
"Yesterday, the daily Enquête au Senegal reports, during the daily update of the situation with coronavirus, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs reported eight new contaminants out of a total of 608 tests, including two imported cases. " Senegal, therefore, an example among others of a low level of pollution. And overall, the pandemic on the continent has not had the devastating effects that some predicted. This is what World Africa : “On the world map of the pandemic, Africa continues to stand out. While…

decrease in sales of anticovid agent

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Somalia
In Madagascar, the traditional remedy of the President of the Republic Andry Rajoelina, praised for its preventive and curative virtues against coronavirus, no longer attracts. The production of bottle CVO (Covid-Organics) has therefore just been suspended. Overhead, difficult flow of goods, distributors and retailers have no choice but to sell the beverage at a reduced price. In supermarkets or…

President Abdelmadjid Tebboune transferred to a hospital in Germany

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Somalia
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune was transferred to a hospital in Germany on Wednesday, October 28, the day after his hospitalization in Algiers. The news was announced through a statement broadcast on national television. It is not known whether Abdelmadjid Tebboune is affected by coronavirus or not, because the presidency remains very discreet in the matter.…

The Ministry of Public Health is investigating the cases of “fictitious” doctors

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Central Africa
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the scandal with the lists of fictitious doctors receiving salaries and a risk premium is spraying the Ministry of Public Health. The latter launched at the beginning of the week a solemn appeal to condemn those who wrongfully receive wages and risk premiums. Nearly 500 names have already been discovered and published in the capital, but the issue is still…

Madagascar: khat and Diego-Suarez

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East Africa
In Madagascar, no laws regulates cultivation, sale or consumption: neither prohibited nor permitted, consumption of khat is tolerated. For the World Well being Group (WHO), this plant is without doubt one of the medication. Khat was launched within the early twentieth century in Diego-Suarez, the capital of the northern a part of the island, by Yemeni, Somali and Comorian emigrants who had been recruited to fulfill the labor wants of French settlers. The Diego-Suarez area is in the present day the primary khat-producing…

young doctors worried about the deteriorating health situation

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North Africa
The country, which on October 18 had 626 deaths and 40,542 cases, saw its hospitals nearly saturated, and young doctors were often at the forefront of emergencies. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaiseOne Sunday morning near the emergency department of Rabta Hospital in Tunis, a young doctor who wishes to remain anonymous is…

fictitious doctors who benefit from a risk premium

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Somalia
For several weeks, the General Health Inspectorate (IGS) has discovered nearly 500 names of people illegally touching doctors' risk premiums. The revelations come as the state struggles to meet union wage demands in the midst of the health crisis associated with Covid-19. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThe suspected…

South Africa: the brand new generations of Sangomas

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Southern Africa
Conventional medicines retain a distinguished place on the continent, and the WHO not too long ago inspired analysis into this observe, whereas the epidemic has revived the controversy about their effectiveness. In South Africa, many sufferers flip to "sangomas", these healers-fortune tellers who talk with their ancestors.…

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