Health

Former Congolese Minister of Health Eteni Longondo, accused almost unanimously by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) of embezzling funds set aside for the response to Covid-19 when he was in office in 2020, was placed under a temporary arrest warrant, Friday, August 27, 2021, in the end of a hearing at the prosecutor's office near the Court of Cassation in Kinshasa. He spent the night in Makala…

In parallel with the response to the Covid-19 epidemic and the risk of a new Ebola epidemic, Guinea is also battling a possible Marburg fever epidemic. Guinea's health minister wanted to make sure of the prompt response from his staff as soon as a first case was discovered. A case of this highly contagious disease, with a…

The Tunisian presidency announced this Tuesday, August 18, the easing of the curfew, which now begins at midnight instead of at. A decision made after the improvement of the health situation. The main indicators of the Covid-19 epidemic show encouraging data: reduction in the number of infections and deaths reported daily. as…

MOGADISHU, Somalia - The Federal Republic of Somalia should use debt relief to repair dilapidated health infrastructure, suggests a report compiled by Amnesty International, as the country now struggles to contain the Covid-19 situation. The report was titled 'We Just Watched Covid-19 Patients Die' - Covid-19 Exposed Somalia's Weak Health System, But Debt Relief Can Transform It, Shows How Covid-19 Revealed a series of pre-existing weaknesses in Somalia's health system. At least more than 40 people were interviewed,…

Eritrea is the only country on the African continent that has not yet started vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19 as part of a national campaign. According to national media reports, after the vaccination campaign started in Tanzania on July 28 and Burundi announced that it would also vaccinate itself, Eritrea is now the only country on the continent that has not planned a COVID-19 vaccination campaign. Although Tanzania and Burundi say "yes" to the vaccine with the help of the international…

World Bank approves USD 100 million for health services in Somalia MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The World Bank announced Thursday that it has approved a total of US $ 100 million to help improve health services in Somalia. The project, the World Bank's 30-year investment in Somalia's health sector, which aims to improve health services is funded by a $ 75 million grant from International Development…

A new attempt to purify New Delhi's notoriously polluted air will see 40 giant fans push filtered air into the heart of the Indian capital's exclusive shopping district. But the "smog tower" of 1.7 million euros is not without skeptics, who say it will not help a city known for having the most polluted air in the world. .

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…

A report published in early July by a group of associations reports threats to individual freedoms acquired in Tunisia for 2020-2021. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaisePunishing hatred on social networks is not punished, but in return it is punished to express oneself freely, especially when an Internet user criticizes…

The government and the trade unions have reached an agreement on one of the requirements in the paragraphs, the one that is considered to be the most important, namely the payment of the risk premium to all agents in the health sector who do not have one. . as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda MuzembeAccording to the…