Don't Neglect Malaria and Measles Amid COVID-19!
Paediatrician Carola Buscemi with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sierra Leone has raised concerns about the COVID-19 response interfering with the treatment of measles and malaria for children. Several countries on the continent are dealing with hundreds of measles and malaria cases as their battle with the novel coronavirus continues.
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MSF, 23 June 2020
MSF paediatrician Carola Buscemi raises concerns about the COVID-19 response interfering with the treatment of measles for children in Sierra Leone. Read more »
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South Africa: Dramatic Drop in Immunisation Rates
spotlight, 24 June 2020
National immunisation rates for children under five years have dropped dramatically over the period of South Africa's COVID-19 lockdown, sparking fears of an outbreak of deadly… Read more »
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The government has partnered with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and ONE, the anti-poverty campaign co-founded by Irish musician and ... Read more »
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A Malaria outbreak has claimed 27 lives from over 10,000 cases reported across Masvingo in March and April, forcing the Zimbabwean government to embark on intensive spraying in the ... Read more »
A community health worker carries out a rapid diagnostic test for malaria in the village of Gbapi, Kenema District.
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Simultaneous outbreaks of Ebola on opposite sides of DR Congo, a drop in vaccination rates for killer diseases like polio, a resurgence of malaria and other preventable ... Read more »
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across ... Read more »
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President Julius Maada Bio has announced that he is going into self-quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure after one of his bodyguards tested positive for COVID-19. ... Read more »
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A team of scientists in Kenya have demonstrated that a microbe found in a small percentage of mosquitoes in western Kenya completely blocks the transmission of the malaria ... Read more »
