Africa

"With the Omicron variant already detected in several regions of the world, banning travel from Africa is an attack on global solidarity," said Matshidiso Moeti, regional director of the World Health Organisation (WHO)

Burkina Faso, On 21 November 2021, a healthcare centre supported by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Foube, Barsalogho department, in the Centre-North region of Burkina Faso, was burnt down

Africa Health 2021: last month saw the continent’s healthcare industry leaders and influencers gather virtually at the 10th Annual Africa Health Congress - the largest conference of its kind in Africa

Some of the worst floods to hit South Sudan in decades has affected 780,000 people. People’s homes and livelihoods (crops and cattle), as well as health facilities, schools, and markets, are submerged by floodwaters

The Treaty for the Establishment of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) entered into force as of 5th November 2021, thirty (30) days after the deposit of the 15th instrument of ratification, on the 5th of October 2021, by the Republic of…

Sierra Leone Red Cross teams are providing ambulance services; first aid and psychosocial support following a fire incident that killed nearly 100 on Friday night

Alarm Phone raises the alarm over the safety of two migrant boats. Meanwhile, from the Atlantic route, news arrives of the disappearance of a boat with 59 people on board, including 25 women and 11 minors

Rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (RR-TB): TB-PRACTECAL, a clinical trial led by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has found that a new, all-oral, six-month treatment regimen is safer and more effective at treating rifampicin-resistant…

Covid vaccine to poor countries: according to an analysis by the People's Vaccinelliance, only one dose out of seven promised has been delivered to developing countries

Africa: "In Burkina Faso, there was great enthusiasm when the malaria vaccine was announced. It is considered a national vaccine, because the country participated in the first trial