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Kenya’s HIV/AIDS infection rate has decreased by 68.4 per cent in 9 years

By Samuel Ouma President Uhuru Kenyatta on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, announced Kenya had made tremendous progress in slowing down…
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West African Nations Bring Proposal for a Pandemic Insurance Fund to the World Health Assembly

Several health ministers of the ECOWAS nations ask for a World Health Assembly vote on principles of vaccine equity and…
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First and only Karamoja ophthalmologist receives Uganda Women in Medicine award for eye health services

The first and only ophthalmologist in Uganda’s Karamoja subregion, Dr Gladys Atto, has been awarded the Uganda Medical Association’s prestigious…
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Vestergaard-Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIR) celebrate 10 years of partnership in the fight against malaria

ACCRA, Ghana, 30th November 2021 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Vestergaard and the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) on…
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Omicron COVID variant underlines need for global ‘pandemic treaty’

The emergence of the threatening new Omicron variant shows how important it is for the world to end the current…
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Rwanda to offer the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine

By Jean d’Amour Mbonyinshuti The Ministry of Health in Rwanda has announced that it will soon start offering the third…
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Zambia Reintroduces Restrictions To Avert The Risk Of Fourth Wave And Omicron

The country has made covid 19 vaccination mandatory for public workers and journalists as one of the preventive measures. By…
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Why gender equality depends on mass vaccination

By Carême Kouamé Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 29th November 2021 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-It was 6pm. Bathtime. Assetou, the neighbour’s cleaning…
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Widespread vaccination is the best safeguard for our children’s futures

By Dr Jonathan Awori Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 29th November 2021 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- I remember my first COVID-19 patient.…
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« Waiting to see » almost killed me

By Murielle E. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 29th November 2021 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/-I am Murielle. Former beauty queen. Executive. Mother…
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Argentina, United States Donate Vaccines to Mozambique

By Kester Kenn Klomegah The United States and Argentina Embassies in Maputo have donated large quantities of vaccines to the…
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Ministers call for Acceleration of Water Security and Access to Safely Managed Sanitation and Hygiene in Africa

ABUJA, Nigeria, November 26, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The Africa Water and Sanitation Week Conference ended today with the issuance…
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Zimbabwe receives support to increase assistance to COVID-19 affected people in urban areas

By Wallace Mawire The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided approximately US$1,5 million to CARE International in…
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Women and mental health in Africa: as part of its signature Heal by Hair program, the Bluemind Foundation unveils a report of cross studies between African women and their hairdressers

Lomé, Douala, and Paris, November 22, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 66 million women suffer…
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AMCOW, AUC and the Government of Namibia to hold continental water and sanitation conference

ABUJA, Nigeria, November 17, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The African Ministers’ Council on Water (AMCOW) with the African Union Commission (AUC)…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, and UNICEF Announce $150 Million Guarantee to Support Access to Vaccines and Health Supplies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

New four-year commitment will help UNICEF procure COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines; mitigate the pandemic’s disruption of routine immunization; and…
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AFRICA’S LEADING HEALTHTECH COMPANY – HELIUM HEALTH – ACQUIRES GCC-BASED DOCTOR BOOKING PLATFORM, MEDDY INC.

The transaction will see Helium’s cutting-edge technology lead the HealthTech revolution in MEA Helium is delivering on its strategy to…
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Kenya hit with shortage of HIV commodities

By Samuel Ouma Kenya’s Ministry of Health has publicly confessed that the country is experiencing shortage of HIV commodities such…
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Ghana COVID Vaccination Update – Western Regional Health Directorate To Take Vaccines To The People- Dr. Gifty Amugi

By Maxwell Nkansah Dr. Gifty Amugi Western Region Deputy Director of Public Health has indicated that measures are being taken by…
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Merck Foundation Calls for Application for Scholarships for Doctors in critical and underserved specialties in Africa and Developing countries

LILONGWE, Malawi, November 3, 2021/APO Group/ — Merck Foundation , the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany announced the call for…
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African Frontline Healthcare Workers Need More Support

1Day Africa is hosting a panel discussion about the difficulties that frontline healthcare workers face. LUSAKA, ZAMBIA—1Day Africa, the African…
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Zambia’s President To Attend Carbon Free Cop 26 In UK.

By Alice Chisanga President of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema is among the 190 Heads of States Scheduled to attend the 2021…
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Fear grips Zambia as covid19 fourth wave looms amidst hesitancy in achieving herd immunity.

By Kelvin Mbewe Since covid 19 broke out in Zambia, the country has recorded three waves or attacks of the…
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We Don’t Receive Drugs Because Of Delayed NHIS Payment – Frank Torblu Richard

By Maxwell Nkansah Members of the Private Health Facility Association of Ghana say pharmaceutical companies have stopped supplying them with…
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Malawi : Time To End Global Covid19 Vaccine inequalities,’ says Chakwera

By Joseph Dumbula Malawian President who is also the Chairperson of regional bloc SADC Lazarus Chakwera has criticized developed nations…
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Abdul Latif Jameel Health & Melody International announce strategic collaboration reducing perinatal emergencies & deaths in a territory of over 1.9 billion people across selected Asian, Middle East & African markets

Remote monitoring and analysis capability enables frequent and long-term real-time supervision of expectant mothers in remote locations and high-risk pregnancies…
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BioNTech signs agreement to set up first vaccine plants in Africa

By Maniraguha Ferdinand BioNTech, a German biotechnology company has on Tuesday, 26th October signed memorandum of Understanding with Rwandan Government…
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Zambia Receives Additional 336,000 Doses Of Covid-19 Vaccine From U.S Government

By Alice Chisanga. Zambia has received an additional 336,000 doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 Vaccine from the United…
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WHO announces plan for ‘profound transformation’ following sexual abuse allegations in DR Congo

The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of…
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African Parliamentarians unpack Africa’s Sanitation problem

By Laetitia Badolo OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, 19 October 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Access to water and sanitation remains a luxury for most…
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