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Africa: Push for Stronger Health Systems as Africa Battles Covid-19
WHO, 26 August 2020
Health Ministers and representatives from African countries gathered this week for the annual World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa voiced concern over the… Read more »
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Africa: Corruption in Purchase of Covid-19 PPEs is Murder, WHO Boss Says
Nation, 23 August 2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) has described corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs) as unacceptable and likened it to murder. Read more »
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South Africa: WHO Urges Countries to Sign Covid-19 Vaccine Pact
SAnews.gov.za, 25 August 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries to desist from the nationalisation of COVID-19 vaccines and has requested that they join a vaccine pact. Read more »
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Africa: 172 Countries and Multiple Candidate Vaccines Engaged in Covid-19 Vaccine Global Access Facility
WHO, 24 August 2020
Nine CEPI-supported candidate vaccines are part of the COVAX initiative, with a further nine candidates under evaluation, and procurement conversations on-going with additional… Read more »
Corruption in Purchase of Covid-19 PPEs is Murder - WHO Chief
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described corruption in the procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPEs) as unacceptable and likened it to murder. "If health workers work without PPEs, we are risking their lives, and that also risks the lives of the people they serve. It is criminal, and it is murder, and it has to stop," he said. His statement comes after an NTV report on alleged graft in the procurement of Covid-19 supplies in Kenya sparked outrage and an investigation into PPE tenders among high-ranking South African politicians.
InFocus
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The unprecedented and prolonged school closures aimed at keeping students safe from COVID-19 are harming them in other ways, World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF said, urging ... Read more »
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The latest data from the World Health Organisation/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme has found that two in five schools around the world lacked adequate handwashing facilities ... Read more »
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According to the International Rescue Committee, lack of testing for Covid-19 on the African continent is hampering efforts against the coronavirus pandemic, with the total number ... Read more »
