Covid-19 May Have Slowed Africa's Parasitic Disease Fight
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned the clock back by years, in the fight against other diseases. It has interrupted research, trials and other efforts to ease the public health burden. A regimen for Parkinson's disease, for example, was to begin clinical trials this year. But this was postponed because of the pandemic. Researchers have warned that if Covid-19 halts distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets, cases of malaria may increase by 206 million, with deaths totaling 379,000 in sub-Saharan Africa. Among the health conditions that might have faced a setback is leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease associated with poverty issues like malnutrition and poor housing, writes Bernard Ong'ondo Osero, Dr. Ramona Hurdayal and Raphael Taiwo Aruleba for The Conversation Africa.
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Africa:
Covid-19 Might Have Reversed the War Against a Serious Parasitic Disease
The Conversation Africa, 10 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the clock back by years in the fight against other diseases. It has interrupted research, trials and other efforts to ease the public health… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigeria Faces Possible Covid-19 Second Wave but Has Let Guard Down
Premium Times, 11 November 2020
Nigeria's new COVID-19 infections have increased in the last two weeks, suggesting a possible resurgence. Read more »
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Kenya:
How Covid-19 Restrictions Have Disrupted Drugs Trade
Nation, 11 November 2020
Seated in a corner of a local eatery in Majengo, Mombasa, a known drug dealer at the Coast is deep in thought. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Covid-19 - AfDB Postpones Investment Forum to 2021
The Herald, 11 November 2020
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has postponed to 2021 this year's Africa Investment Forum that was slated for Johannesburg, South Africa this month. Read more »
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South Africa:
Ramaphosa Fears Festive Season Covid-19 Spiral
CAJ News, 9 November 2020
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa is wary of a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave in South Africa as the festive season approaches. Read more »
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An official from the Nairobi Health Department disinfects a street (file photo).
