Africa: Covid-19 Death Toll Exceeds 224,000 Across Continent

As of December 9, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,803,411 while over 157,091,842 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Over 8.1 Million Covid-19 Recoveries Across Continent

As of December 8, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,773,400 while over  156,583,736 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

South Africa: Researchers Produce First Look at How Vaccine Deals With Omicron Variant

Vaccines against the virus that causes Covid-19 may provide less immunity to the Omicron variant than to other major versions of Covid-19, according to laboratory experiments in… Read more »

Africa: Over 156 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered in Africa

As of December 7, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,749,742 while over 156,583,736 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

South Africa: Ramaphosa Criticises Greedy Western Countries for Handling of Omicron Variant

President Cyril Ramaphosa has criticised travel bans imposed on parts of Africa by western countries because of the outbreak of Omicron,  a variant of Covid-19. Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Brings 10 Challenges That Hinders Africa's Path to Recovery

Africa faces 10 key governance challenges it must resolve in order for it to fully recover from the Covid-19 outbreak, according to this report by the Mo Ibrahim… Read more »

Africa: Continent's New Covid-19 Cases Surge as Omicron Spreads

As of December 5, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached   8,724,887 while over 152,134,852 vaccinations have been administered across… Read more »

Africa: Nearly 150 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent as Omicron Threat Looms

As of December 2, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,666,255 while over 149,172,177 vaccinations have been administered… Read more »

Africa: Protecting Antibiotic Effectiveness is an Urgent Public Health Priority

Every year, more than 700,000 people die from antibiotic-resistant infections - number expected to grow to 10 million annually by 2050 if we continue on the current path. Read more »

Africa: A Travel Ban on African Countries Won't Stop the Omicron Spread

South African scientists are some of the best in the world at the genetic sequencing of viruses. They demonstrated this expertise last week when they alerted the global community… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Cases Climb

As of December 1, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,652,830 while over 148,643,411 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Southern Africa Should Be Thanked, Not Punished for Detecting New Variant - WHO, UN

The World Health Organization says that South Africa and Botswana should be thanked for detecting, sequencing, and reporting the new Covid-19 variant, known as Omicron and not… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Africa Travel Ban Slammed by AU Expert, Renews Call for #VaccineEquity

Dr. Ayoade Olatunbosun-Alakija, an African Union vaccine expert, has slammed a decision by Western governments to ban African travelers following the emergence of the Omicron… Read more »

Africa: Over 8.6 Million Covid-19 Cases Confirmed Across Continent

As of November 29, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,638,733 while over 145,314,195 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Deaths Exceed 222,000 Across Continent

As of November 26, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,621,143 while over  142,812,626 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Historic World Heath Assembly Session Offers New Chance to Prepare for Future Pandemics

Five million lives worldwide have already been lost to Covid, and the WHO/ACT-A grimly predict another 5 million more lives will be lost in months to come. Alarmingly also,… Read more »

South Africa: New Covid-19 Variant Detected, Institute Confirms

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed the presence of a new variant of Covid-19 in the country. A total of 22 positive cases infected with the new… Read more »

Africa: Over 140 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent

As of November 24, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,609,126 while over 140,068,810 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: WHO's Special Envoys Call for Support for Pandemic Preparedness Treaty

Almost two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, several countries are witnessing a fifth wave of high transmission. Low- and middle-income countries are seeing substantial numbers of… Read more »

Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Building Collapses in Nigeria

Since 2007, 145 buildings have collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state and so-called centre of excellence. Recently, a nother building under construction in… Read more »

Africa: Continent Nears 8.6 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19

As of November 22, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,583,223 while over 135,670,394 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Continent Nears 8 Million Covid-19 Recoveries

As of November 19, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,572,474 while over  135,483,514 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Over 8.5 Million Covid-19 Cases Confirmed Across Continent

As of November 18, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  8,568,921 while over  131,731,826 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »

Africa: Let's Use the Covid-19 Wakeup Call to Help Women Rise From the Nightmare of Cervical Cancer

Four African First Ladies and Tedros of WHO issue urgent appeal for health equity Read more »

Nigeria: 'It's Not Enough to Save Lives, We Must Do It Sustainably' - Temie Giwa-Tubosun | Transcript

AllAfrica's Juanita Williams talked with Nigerian entrepreneur Temie Giwa-Tubosun, who not only built her healthcare, technology and logistics company Lifebank from the ground up… Read more »