Health

Relatives of two Moroccan journalists in preventive detention for several months are worried about their state of health. Omar Radi, an activist known for his commitment to human rights, and Souleimane Raissouni, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Akhbar al-Yaoum, went on a hunger strike two weeks ago to demand a temporary release. Have always denied them. The two journalists are involved in cases of morality and violence that they deny and that their supporters qualify as "political". Today, Souleimane Raissouni's wife,…

Republican President Andry Rajoelina spoke on television and national radio on Sunday evening, April 18, announcing new, stricter measures to combat the spread of Covid-19, which is saturating hospitals and treatment centers opened specifically for coronavirus patients. The state of health will be renewed in the next two weeks.…

The representative of the World Health Organization in Guinea Alfred Ki-Zerbo is not happy with this situation, as he explains to our correspondent in Conakry, Mouctar Bah. The most important point in this response is to ensure acceptance and accessibility for communities, to introduce all measures to prevent, stop the spread of the virus and also to avoid risks, in particular cross-border, identified at the beginning of this response. What has happened is that a new transmission chain has been…

In Madagascar, the Minister of Health announced on Thursday, April 1, that the country was following the facility for the Covax unit. Meanwhile, the second wave of coronavirus plunges the country into an increasingly serious health crisis, with 15 deaths recorded in 24 hours, on Wednesday 31 March. With our correspondent…

The state of health ended at midnight on Friday. It concerned the Dakar and Thiès regions, which concentrate the majority of Covid-19 cases. A decision announced by President Macky Sall in his message to the nation on March 8 after days of demonstrations and violence that killed at least 10 people. The measure runs until Saturday, but is therefore not extended. At the same time, Senegal has just…

The health crisis hit South Africa's economy hard in 2020. According to the statistical agency StatSA, the country's GDP fell by 7% compared to 2019, its first recession in twelve years. The incarceration imposed at the end of March 2020 in South Africa to slow down the spread of Covid-19 was the most severe in the world.…

Within the Ivory Coast, the NGO Deal with Africa works to convey messages about sexual well being via soccer workouts. HIV, STIs, gender-based violence, genital mutilation or entry to contraception, many critical and critical subjects are mentioned with main faculty college students in a great temper and with a bullet within the foot. in a main faculty in Grand-Bassam.…

This Tuesday, December 8, is declared a day of anger by doctors in Tunisia. Only minimum services should be provided at the country's public hospitals. The Danish Medicines Agency's advice calls for a profound reform of the currently harmful health system. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardThe accidental death last week, in…

Africa is facing the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Many countries on the continent are registering an outbreak of new cases, according to the African Union Specialized Health Bureau (CDC-Africa). The head of the agency, John Nkangasong, completed his mission to assess the pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo…

Anger is escalating in Kenya after the deaths of two famous doctors this weekend. They gave in to Covid-19 when the country faces a second deadly wave. More than 2,000 health workers have contracted the virus since the pandemic began. Dozens died of it. Their union is threatening to strike if nothing is done to protect them.…