Malawi: Innovation in the Skies - Bridging Gaps and Breaching Barriers in Malawi

In emergency scenarios, every single second matters. The COVID-19 pandemic reminded the world of the crucial role of safe, cost- and time efficient supply chains. Making medicines… Read more »

Tunisia: UK Emergency Medical Team Deployed to Help Tunisia Tackle Covid-19 Crisis

Doctors, nurses and logistics experts from the UK's Emergency Medical team will provide clinical supervision and support to Tunisian healthcare services. Read more »

Africa: World Brain Day 2021 Dedicated to Multiple Sclerosis

World Federation of Neurology partners with the MS International Federation to promote Multiple Sclerosis awareness on World Brain Day Read more »

Africa: CR2 Market Insight - How Covid-19 Is Shaping Self-Service Banking Trends in Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated Africa's need to transform and adapt self-service banking to meet consumer needs, with smart ATMs playing an essential role. Read more »

Guinea: Belgium Sends Emergency Covid-19 Aid to Guinea Through B-Fast

Today, Belgium is sending 760,000 masks to Conakry via the emergency aid mechanism B-FAST. In doing so, our country is responding to the request for aid that Guinea submitted to… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia Added to U.K's 'Red List', Mauritius Removed

Ethiopia, Oman, Somalia and Qatar to be added to England's red list. Portugal (including Madeira and the Azores) and Mauritius to be removed from England's red list. Read more »

Morocco: Providing Access to Healthcare for Moroccan Citizens - Hospital of Salé

The EU and its bank the EIB, supported the construction, renovation and modernization of 16 hospitals in Morocco, with a loan worth of 70 million EUR and a grant of more than 13… Read more »

Cameroon: UK in Cameroon Covid-19 Relief Caravan

The British High Commission Yaounde leads the British Business Community in Cameroon to reach out to vulnerable communities with COVID-19 preventive equipment. Read more »

Mauritius: EIB and Find Back Innovative Plant-Based Reagent Manufacturing in Africa to Fight Covid-19 and Other Endemic Diseases

New plant-based protein manufacturing plant in Mauritius to produce reagents for 100 million vaccines a month Read more »

Africa: World Thrombosis Day Campaign Shines Spotlight On the Life-Threatening Connection Between Thrombosis and Covid-19

In its Seventh Year, the Global Campaign Highlights Importance of a Condition that Contributes to One in Four Deaths Worldwide and Poses a High Risk for COVID-19 Patients Read more »

Sudan: Polio Programme Accelerates Efforts to Respond to New Polio Outbreaks in Sudan and Yemen

"The recent vaccine-derived polio outbreaks confirmed in Yemen and Sudan are consequences of increasingly low levels of immunity among children. Each outbreak has paralysed… Read more »

Africa: Medical Marijuana - a Clinical Handbook Brings the Science of Cannabis to Wider Audience and Describes Risks and Benefits of Cannabis-Based Medicines

Medical Marijuana: A Clinical HandbookBy Samoon Ahmad, M.D., and Kevin P. Hill, M.D., M.H.S.Publisher: Wolters KluwerPublication Date: September 9, 2020Price: $69.99ISBN:… Read more »

Africa: Leading Cancer Treatment Recommendations From NCCN Now Available in French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish

Gold standard clinical practice guidelines in oncology translated for greater global accessibility; free online at NCCN.org/global. Read more »

Africa: 44,000 People Registered As Missing On the Continent, Nearly Half of Them Children

As 30 August marks International Day of the Disappeared, nearly 44,000 people across Africa are registered as missing with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) at a… Read more »

Libya: Covid-19 and Conflict Collide in Libya, Deepening the Humanitarian Crisis

GENEVA, 20 August 2020 / PRN Africa / -- War-torn Libya's COVID-19 cases have increased more than 15-fold in less than two months, spiking from 571 in June to more than 9,000… Read more »

Africa: ICRC - 600 Violent Incidents Recorded Against Healthcare Providers, Patients Due to Covid-19

More than 600 incidents of violence, harassment or stigmatization against healthcare workers, patients and medical infrastructure in relation to COVID-19 cases have been recorded… Read more »

Mauritania: Mauritania - Call for Proposals to Enhance Covid-19 Response

The British Embassy Nouakchott announces a call for project proposals under the FCO's COVID-19 Enabling Fund. Read more »

Africa: New Ihme Covid-19 Forecasts for Sub Saharan Africa Find Mask-Wearing and Other Prevention Measures Could Prevent Nearly 75,000 Deaths By December 1

Deaths Could Range from 85,688 to 180,273, Depending on Prevention Measures Read more »

Africa: Coalition Launches $100 Million PPE Initiative for Africa's Community Health Workers

- COVID-19 Action Fund for Africa (CAFA) airlifting nine 747 cargo loads of masks and other PPE to 12 countries in first round Read more »

Africa: Tradeshift and Raindew Trade Launch a U.S.$1.5 Billion Initiative to Revive Supply Chains in Africa

Tradeshift, a leader in supply chain payments and marketplaces launched a ZAR25 billion ("USD1.5 billion") COVID-19 Instant Supplier payment scheme for businesses in South Africa… Read more »

Africa: World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) Publishes - 'The Wfh Guidelines for the Management of Hemophilia, 3rd Edition'

Led by content leads, Alok Srivastava, MD, and Glenn Pierce, MD, PhD, WFH Vice-President, Medical, this 3rd edition of the World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) Guidelines for the… Read more »

South Africa: Direct Relief Joins Solidarity Fund to Help South Africans Overcome Covid-19 Crisis

Organization Donates $1 Million, Serves as U.S. Fiscal Agent for Solidarity Fund Read more »

Kenya: Call for Bids for Personal Protective Equipment

The British High Commission Nairobi is inviting bids from reputable and competent service providers to supply comprehensive Personal Protective Equipment. Read more »

Lesotho: Lesotho - Call for Bids for Covid-19 Community Fund

The British High Commission Maseru is inviting NGOs and established community-based organisations to bid for small grant funding of up to M100,000 for COVID-19 projects. Read more »

Africa: IFC Invests $5.6 Billion for Private Sector Development in Africa and the Middle East More Than $500 Million to Address the Covid-19 Pandemic

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, committed $5.6 billion to private sector development in the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa in fiscal year 2020, supporting businesses… Read more »