St Helena COVID-19 Status update – 17 May 2022
Following negative results from the re-testing of person(s) testing positive for COVID-19 in home quarantine on Saturday, 7 May 2022, the public is advised that the person(s) have now completed their quarantine period in compliance with St Helena’s COV…
Covid-19: African Health Ministers warned against complacency
ACCRA— Ghana’s Minister of Health Agyeman-Manu has cautioned African Health Ministers not to be complacent about the seemingly victory over the COVID-19 pandemic in the region.He said although the Africa region had been able to ride the tide with many …
African Union Chief Wants Pan-African Credit Ratings Agency
DAKAR, SENAGAL — Senegal President Macky Sall called Sunday for the creation of a pan-African credit ratings agency, saying that the “very arbitrary” nature of the system of assessment by international organizations made it more expensive for African c…
WHO Report Says COVID Cases Decline, Except in Americas, Africa
The World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of newly reported coronavirus cases and deaths globally continued to fall in the last week, continuing a decline that began in March.In its weekly report on the pandemic, the U.N. health agen…
Health service utilisation during the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: a multicountry empirical assessment with a focus on maternal, newborn and child health services
Introduction There are concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuation of essential health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Countdown to 2030 for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health country collaborations, anal…
Central African Republic: Six soldiers killed in rebel attack
BANJUI, Rebels have killed at least six soldiers in an attack on a military outpost in southeast Central African Republic, the latest reported incident in a decade-long conflict, a local official and a hospital director have said.Members of an alliance…
Measles cases soar 400 pct in Africa this year: WHO
BRAZZAVILLE— Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, with measles cases jumping 400 per cent.Twenty African countries reported measles outbreaks in the first…
DR Congo: Second death reported in new Ebola outbreak
KINSHASA— Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo are scrambling to contain an Ebola outbreak after a second person died from the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said.The country declared a new outbreak of the disease last wee…
WHO: Congo Starts Ebola Vaccinations to Stem Outbreak in Northwest
The Democratic Republic of Congo has kicked off Ebola vaccinations to stem an outbreak in the northwest city of Mbandaka, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.Two people are known to have died so far in the city of over one million inh…
Minimum Expenditure Basket in Malawi – Round 51 : 18 -22 March 2022 – A Look at Food Prices and Availability in Times of COVID-19
Highlights• During this round of data collection, the Survival Minimum Expenditure Basket (SMEB) increased across all regions of the country. Households’ SMEBs increased by an average of 2.7 percent in urban areas; 1.2 percent in the rural Northern Reg…