October 11, 2023
Africa: World Still in Shadow of Covid-19 Mental Health Legacy
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August 03, 2023
Africa: Disability in a Pandemic - Africa's Forgotten Families
In 2017, a road accident left Anna Nzioka with two fractures in her right leg. After a series of operations and physiotherapy, she has slowly learned to walk again, although with… Read more »
April 06, 2023
Africa: Covid Lessons Could Ease Cholera Outbreak - Moeti
Lessons learnt in the COVID-19 pandemic about how to ramp up vaccine production could help ease Africa's cholera outbreak, according to Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for… Read more »
February 28, 2023
Africa: What Will It Take to Boost Africa's Vaccine Production?
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February 22, 2023
South Africa: South Africa's R&D Spending Declined During Covid-19
South Africa's overall research and development (R&D) spending dropped by 7.6 per cent in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, but R&D expenditure in the government… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Cameroon: Covid-19 Undermines Effort to Eliminate Polio
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February 07, 2023
Africa: Maternal Deaths Data Points to Covid Vaccine Policy Gap
COVID-19 in pregnancy could reverse the slow but steady gains made in maternal and neonatal mortality reduction in Africa and set back progress towards global goals, unless… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Africa: Q&A - Neglected Diseases Face Final Funding Hurdle
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) - a set of 20 diseases including river blindness and sleeping sickness - affect more than a billion people globally, with Africa accounting for… Read more »
August 05, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake 'Rising in Africa'
The uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa means that high-risk individuals are protected against severe infections and vaccine targets set by the World Health Organization will be… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Africa: AI Drives Quest for New Antivirals to Fight Outbreaks
Research into drugs to treat mosquito-borne flaviviruses such as Zika and dengue as well as COVID-19 will benefit from a major funding boost, says a group of international… Read more »