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On Saturday, Guinea will hold a ceremony in the Nzérékoré region. This is to celebrate the official end of the Ebola epidemic, 46 days after the second negative test of the last patient affected by the virus. The fee, 23 registered cases including 12 deaths and 11 recoveries, is much less heavy than during the previous epidemic…

Africa regrets 135,000 deaths from Covid, less than in other regions of the world. But the third wave is strengthening and accelerating on the continent, warns the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of deaths in Africa increased by 15% last week in Africa. Five countries are concentrating three quarters of the new…

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.…

Nurses and midwives: The bridge between sufferers and well being care To rejoice Worldwide Nurses 'Day, celebrated all over the world on Florence Nightingale's birthday on Could 12, and Worldwide Midwives' Day, which falls on Could 7, the World Well being Group (WHO) in Somalia acknowledges the exceptional contribution of nurses and midwives within the nation. . WHO spoke with 2…

Unused vaccines that acquire mud on a shelf ready to be administered, this isn't about Covid, however about all different vaccines towards ailments equivalent to polio and measles. On account of the pandemic, vaccination campaigns are at a standstill in some fifty nations. At stake, the WHO explains the well being of a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of kids, notably in Africa.…

Whereas many Namibians have names that originate from the previous colonial energy Germany, a newly elected municipal council has risen to prominence in a single day, not due to its victory however as a result of his identify is Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler Uunona, 54, a politician from the ruling Southwest African Folks's Group (SWAPO) political social gathering, was elected final week to the municipal council of the Ompundja constituency in northern Namibia, with 85% of the vote. Uunona sounded…

The first results on the effectiveness of several anti-Covid-19 vaccines, which are currently in the testing phase, give hope for the imminent arrival in the market for high-performance products. But in developing countries, concerns about not having enough access are very prevalent. At a press conference on 19 November, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on how Africa was preparing for the arrival of a vaccine, in particular through The Covax platform, an initiative led by the Coalition for Innovations in…

In this issue, a court in Kigali rejected bail for Paul Rusesabagina a second time and he had requested bail for health reasons with reference to a cancer history. Our regional correspondent brings us the latest on the trial. There have also been allegations that WHO aid workers sexually assaulted locals in DR Congo during the Ebola crisis. The head of the organization says those involved will be fired…

UNICEF on Wednesday became the third UN agency to launch an internal investigation into the sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and promised "serious consequences" for possible sins. The Children's Fund said in a statement that it was "shocked that people identifying themselves as UNICEF workers have allegedly abused vulnerable women in the Democratic Republic of Congo." It was not immediately clear how many UNICEF staff had been charged. "There will be serious consequences for any staff…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, about 50 women accuse employees of UN agencies and international NGOs of sexual abuse. WHO, among the accused agencies, announces the initiation of an investigation. This reveals a signed study The New Humanitarian and Thomson Reuters Foundation. Facts would have taken place between 2018 and 2020 as part of the fight against Ebola viruses. Women who never reported the rapes for fear of retaliation are accusing several employees of UN agencies and NGOs of sexual abuse. They are…