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In May, the Cape Town-based clinical research organisation, TASK, began a clinical trial to see if a common TB shot — the Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine normally given to newborns — could help protect hospital workers from developing serious
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Tanzania: Border Tension Resurfaces...as Tanzanian Truckers Are Blocked From Crossing Into Kenya
TWO weeks after Tanzanian and Kenyan leaders agreed on modalities for enabling truck drivers cross at border posts, Kenyan authorities have started blocking Tanzanian truckers from crossing Namanga frontier on grounds of lacking valid Covid-19 clearance
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Burundi: general elections amid virus, tension
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and growing tensions in the country, Burundi will, on Wednesday, hold general
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Africa: The Curious Case of COVID-19 in Africa
Although Africa is yet to reach its peak, many countries are not seeing the exponential growth in case numbers, or in mortality rates as seen in other regions of the
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Sugar in fast food, processed meat
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Africa: Beyond the Narratives of Africa's Doom and Gloom
Africa has recorded successes on many levels which are often ignored by global media -- and we need to embrace and celebrate our unique contribution to the
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Togo: In Togo, a Ministry Helping People Living With HIV Is a Sister's Life Work
Sister Marie Stella's association has joined with others to call for help from donors abroad through a new organization "Enfants de l'Espoir" (Children of
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - CAF Reaches Out With Financial Support to African FAs
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Africa: Together, African Countries Have Enough to Fight COVID-19
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Burkina Faso: Escalating Conflict Is Fueling a Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Burkina Faso
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Nigeria: Governors Defy Experts' Warning, Lift Ban On Worship Centres
The lifting of the ban has, therefore, heightened fears over breach of personal distancing requirements even as the federal government and experts on Thursday warned state government against relaxing restrictions and hasty reopening of worship
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Gloves fuel spread of COVID-19: Experts
Health experts have warned that improper use of gloves by service providers in the course of their duty poses a risk to clients as most do not follow World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines on cleanliness and
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Zimbabwe: Echo Funded Goal Zimbabwe Nutrition Programme Targets 243,000 Under-Fives
Goal Zimbabwe has partnered the Health and Child Care ministry in launching a lifesaving nutrition programme set to benefit a quarter of a million children under the age of five over the next 12
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(1947) Henry A. Wallace, “Ten Extra Years”
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