South Africa on Monday received the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines that are expected to help the country’s efforts to stem the virus. The 1 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses produced by the Serum Institute of India are expected to be used to inoculate frontline healthcare workers, starting mid-February. An Emirates flight carrying the jabs touched […]
Another Human Disease to Bite the Dust! Just over two dozen people in the world are infected with Guinea worm, as per a new study that says community programs are close to eradicating the disease in which a meter-long worm slowly emerges from a blister in a person’s skin. Adam Weiss, the director of the […]
[NAIROBI] A study found that potentially lethal cases of diarrhoea and pneumonia in young children can be substantially decreased when simple health messages are conveyed by drama and music. The research carried out in the Gambia used traditional performance arts to motivate mothers to provide healthy food and water for infants. As a result of […]
Rwanda has been ranked first in Africa and sixth globally in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and making the information accessible to the public. In a total of 98 countries worldwide, the Australian think tank Lowy Institute rated their degree in terms of overall success in handling the pandemic within 36 weeks when they registered their […]
Last year, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina announced that the country had discovered a cure and treatment for COVID-19, a tea containing traditional Malagasy plants including artemisia. The announcement pushed African traditional medicine into the spotlight, with a renewed interest in the potential that such remedies may have and the dangers that untested cures may carry. […]
