Health and medicine

After Tanzania just a few days ago, it is Burundi's turn to turn 180 ° compared to the vaccine against Covid-19. The Committee to Combat the Proliferation of Covid-19 announced yesterday, Wednesday, that it had accepted an offer from the World Bank to supply these vaccines, the Minister of Public Health and Vice-Chair of this…

South Africa has announced a contract with Pfizer-BioNTech laboratories to produce its anti-Covid-19 vaccine on site, while the continent is far behind the rest of the world in the vaccination race. In addition to the current pandemic, the long-term goal is therefore to develop the vaccine industry in future pandemics. Doctor Anissa Boumlic-Courtade, a member of the board of the African Vaccine Manufacturing Initiative (AVMI), is a guest at RFI. .

In Tunisia, the vaccination campaign, which was open to all, was suspended this Wednesday on the second day of Eid for maladministration. The Minister of Health has been fired. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaiseWith the doors to vaccination centers closed and queues to buy bread, on the second day of Eid, many Tunisians want…

In Mauritania we celebrate this Wednesday Eid el-Kebir. But there will be no public gatherings this year in Nouakchott and in the inner cities due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mauritanian government has ordered that collective prayers be interrupted in mosques. The decision was made after a meeting with the religious guides, who agreed and demanded prayer at home in view of the health…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, social discontent in the medical sector is increasing. Doctors who are members of the three main unions in the public sector have decided to radicalize the strike. They are not happy with the government's response to their demands. They demand a regulation of the administrative situation for about 5,000 of their colleagues, in addition to an increase in the salaries…

Tunisian Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi was sacked by Prime Minister Hicham Mechchi on Tuesday evening, July 20, at the height of coronavirus contamination. This decision was announced in a brief statement from the Government Presidency without further explanation. Faouzi Mehdi is the origin of a vaccination initiative, Tuesday…

As of Tuesday, July 20, 2021, doctors in the public sector will stop taking care of emergencies in public health institutions. The doctors' unions have therefore decided to raise the gear after seeing what they call the failure of the negotiations with the government. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa KamandaGathered at…

Two days before the Tabaski festival, Dakar begins to empty its population. Many Senegalese return to their families established in the regions to celebrate the festival. However, the President of the Republic has asked the Senegalese to stay at home to avoid the spread of Covid-19. Wearing a mask is now mandatory in public places and transport.…

Senegal is facing a soaring Covid-19 case on Saturday 17 July, the positivity of those tested rises to more than 35% ... ahead of the major Muslim festival Tabaski, the Ministry of Health made several recommendations, especially to speed up the vaccination campaign and strengthen the screening system. Senegal, with a population…

Will state doctors play the extensions of their strike observed for a week in the DRC General Assemblies of their various unions are expected to vote on Sunday. On Saturday, the ministers of civil administration and health presented proposals in hopes of ending the movement. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda Wa Kamanda According to what the doctors' unions in the public sector say they understand, the government is proposing a two-step solution to their demands. "We basically remembered that the government has told…