ANALYSIS By Janusz Paweska and Michelle J. Groome As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in Africa amid insufficient vaccination rollout, viral haemorrhagic fever has again raised its head. This adds to public health turmoil on the continent where resources to respond to emerging and re-emerging epidemic prone zoonotic diseases remain limited. In the first week […]
By Joseph Erunke Abuja — The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has said a total of 120 children in Nigeria have been infected with environmental poliovirus. The children, according to the agency of the United Nations,are not in particular region but scattered across different parts of the country. UNICEF Country Representative, Peter Hawkins, revealed this […]
Dodoma — The minister of health Dr Dorothy Gwajima has on Monday launched mobile health facilities that are aimed multiplying efforts in the fight against TB. Dr. Gwajima received five mobile clinics, 160 motorcycles, and 179 ECG machines that are to be distributed in five zones so as to reach out to people especially in […]
The quality of air in Accra remains poor and high above the Ghana national standards and World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements, the Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Dr Henry Kwabena Kokofu has said. Contributors to the poor air quality include, mining, forestry, cement, manufacturing industries, vehicle emissions, and waste burning. The EPA […]
By Kamau Maichuhie More than 200 million women in developing countries who wish to prevent pregnancy are not using modern contraception, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has revealed. The UN agency said more than 800 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, however, […]
