Health and medicine

Today, Sunday 13 June, marks the International Day for Albinism Awareness. In Kenya, activists working to change attitudes believe that progress is visible, even if the stigma remains. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardLocal actors agree: in recent years, the situation has developed in the right direction. Isaac Mwaura…

Africa officially regrets 133,000 deaths from Covid-19 2020, according to the World Health Organization. But within organizations, we realize that this figure is largely underestimated due to a lack of testing and adequate reporting. According to a US study, the real path for African victims of Covid could be three to four times higher.…

The head of the Tunisian government, Hichem Mechichi, traveled to Geneva this Tuesday, June 8, for a two-day visit. He is accompanied by the Director of the Institut Pasteur in Tunis and the Chair of the Scientific Committee for the Fight against Coronavirus. The issue of getting vaccines for Tunisia is at the heart of the meetings that the Tunisian Prime Minister will hold in Geneva, including one on…

As the diplomatic crisis continues between Morocco and Spain, the leader of the Polisario Front, the independent Sarhaoui Brahim Ghali, ill with Covid-19 and cancer, will be heard this Tuesday, June 1, by the judge of the 'National Audience Santiago Pedraz. He will be linked to two complaints against him in Spain. The character is at the heart of the dispute between Rabat and Madrid.…

The construction of the Amath-Dansokho Regional Hospital in Kédougou is part of a policy of better access to health care. Three other hospitals have been opened in Touba, Kaffrine and Sédhiou at a total cost of approximately CFA 97 billion (EUR 147.7 million). After more than two years of work, Kédougou Hospital is coming to free the population and healthcare staff, although there are some fears and issues left. The large white buildings at the new hospital with 150 beds denote the red laterite road that stretches several…

A gift that is part of the Covax initiative in which the country is involved. According to the program planned by the Ministry of Health, vaccination is scheduled to start in the first week of June and will affect healthcare professionals, people living with morbidity and pilgrimage to Mecca. as reported from Ouagadougou, Yaya…

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.…