Health

The White House says the United States will donate more than 17 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from its domestic supplies to the African Union. President Biden made the announcement Thursday as he met with Kenyan Uhuru Kenyatta at the White House, Biden’s first one-on-one meeting with an African leader. …

The World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have called for governments to increase investment in and access to mental healthcare services for children living in Africa. This as South Africa commemorates Mental Health Awareness Month in the wake of WHO reporting that at least one in …

As of October 12, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,394,443 while over  99,670,975 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached  214,113 and  7,722,557 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases  2,912,346 and  88,346 people died. Other most-affected countries …

Africa will start talks with the World Health Organization about getting the first approved malaria vaccine to the continent as soon as possible, the African Union’s top health official has said, amid calls for funding for drugs beyond COVID-19. John Nkengasong spoke a day after the WHO said RTS,S – …

The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine, the first against the mosquito-borne disease that kills more than 400,000 people a year, mostly African children. The decision followed a review of a pilot programme deployed since 2019 in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi in which more than two …

India is going to play one of the most important roles on planet earth in bringing this (Covid-19) pandemic to an end, a top Biden administration official has said, underlining that the country has made investments over a long period of time in expanding its vaccine manufacturing capacity. India will …

US President Joe Biden’s proposal of a new global fund might just be the key to vaccine equity. Only 4 per cent of Africa’s population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This is despite the continent’s efforts, including those of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) …

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,275,465 as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 209,998. …

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, says the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic had shown that ”COVID-19 is a disease, which we will have to learn to live safely with”. Mr Ihekweazu said this on Monday in Abuja at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering …

Scientists, yesterday, confirmed that malaria parasites in Africa had developed resistance to World Health Organisation (WHO)-approved drug-of-choice/frontline medication, Artemisinin Combination Therapies (ACTs). The ‘gold standard’ treatment for the ailment, the drug family, including artemisinin and its derivatives, are often administered alongside ‘partner’ medicines in what are called ACTs, because multiple …