Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report
Brazzaville – A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is projected in the African region, a new...
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African vaccine champion on lessons from ending wild polio
Abuja – Vaccines save millions of lives each year. In August 2020, Africa crossed a historic milestone when it was certified as free of wild...
African countries face high risk of COVID-19 resurgence
Brazzaville – The risk of COVID-19 resurgence remains high in several African countries due to poor adherence to public health measures, mass gatherings, low testing and...
Landmark alliance launches in Africa to fight COVID-19 misinformation
Brazzaville - The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a new alliance, the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance (AIRA), to coordinate actions and pool resources in combating...
Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases
Brazzaville – COVID-19 transmission in Africa has been marked by relatively fewer infections, which have been on the decline over the past two months, owing to...
WHO encouraged by South Africa’s declining COVID-19 trend
Brazzaville – The World Health Organization (WHO) commends the government of South Africa for its determined efforts that have helped to bend the COVID-19 pandemic...