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Kenya: Home-Based Care Protocols for COVID-19 Patients Ready for Adoption - MoH
Nairobi — Kenya could adopt home-based care protocols for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients as early as next week, the health ministry said on
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Burundi to boost testing, prez labels COVID-19 'worst enemy'
Burundi’s new president has signaled that his government will take the coronavirus pandemic more seriously than his dead predecessor, calling the virus the country’s “worst enemy” and announcing new
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Kenya: Sossion - State Has to Prioritise Protocols for Post-Coronavirus Learning
For balance between the right to education and right to life, the authorities will have to consider public health, the benefits and risks for education and other
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Africa Day 2020 - a Unique Opportunity for Reflection
On Africa Day, it is well worth noting that any given set of data visualisations reveal that African countries have thus far been spared the worst of Covid-19's direct effects, though the knock-on effects of global and local policy decisions are still to be fully accounted
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Media Watch: Kenya to consolidate spike in tech use during COVID-19
Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month blackout
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Sierra Leone needs $309 million to address COVID-19 impact on the economy – says government
“To alleviate this impact, fund the Quick Action Economic Response Programme, the Health Programme and the Social Impact Programme the Government is seeking: Additional emergency support from the IMF, including one or more of the following
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The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) Releases New Report on the Reconstruction Era / Video
The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), founded by Bryan Stevenson, released a new groundbreaking Report on the Era of Reconstruction and the violence that defined that period of time – an era from which our nation has yet to
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Cameroon: Yaounde 1 Council - Pedagogic Proximity Campaign to Curb COVID-19
The mayor of the municipality has created a committee which carries out a door-to- door campaign to educate the population on the deadly
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa: COVID-19-Tackling Mental Health During Isolation Is Essential to Full Recovery
[WHO] Abuja, 06 July 2020 - "When I tested positive to COVID-19 on April 23 2020, I was evacuated to an isolation facility with minimum contact with other infected persons and none with people from outside. Being in isolation was really one of my lowest points as I began feeling depressed and
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Central Africa: Amidst COVID-19 Challenges, UN 'Remains Operational' Across Central Africa
The coronavirus pandemic has compounded increasing economic, social and humanitarian challenges facing States and regional institutions across Central Africa, the regional UN envoy told the Security Council on
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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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Africa: In The Fight Against COVID-19, Africa is The Unsung Continent
Many thought Africa would become the next high-risk area, but when COVID-19 eventually arrived on the continent, most of the dire predictions were way
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Nigeria coronavirus: 22,614 cases; infections definitely higher - Task Force lead
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Africa Day and Its Discontent
Founded in 1963, the aim of the Organization of Africa Unity, the precursor of Africa Union (AU) was to safeguard the interests and independence of all African states, encourage the continent's development, and settle disputes among member
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Algeria extends virus lockdown until June 13
The Algerian government on Thursday extended its strict containment measures throughout most of the country until June 13, urging the population to “continue its citizen mobilization” in order to stop the Covid-19 pandemic that has claimed 630
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Uganda: Government Explains Cause of High Maternal Deaths
Described as an onset of high blood pressure during pregnancy, the exact reason for the prevalence of preeclampsia in Uganda is unknown due to the fact that detailed clinical records of all births are
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Africa CDC closely monitoring new outbreak of Ebola
The African Union (AU) on Wednesday said its specialised health institution, the Africa CDC, is closely monitoring the situation while preparing to support responses to the new outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Europe alarmed
ROME, Italy (AP) - With confirmed coronavirus cases in the US hitting five million yesterday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe.
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Bolsonaro brought in his generals to fight coronavirus. Brazil is losing the battle
Brazil has lost two health ministers in the past six weeks – one was fired, the other resigned – after they disagreed publicly with Bolsonaro over how best to combat the
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Africa's 100+ coronavirus cases: Uganda, Benin, Chad among new entrants
The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased
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Rights doctors express dismay over lockdown extension
HUMAN rights doctors have lashed out at government for extending the national lockdown in the absence of evidence for such
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Coronavirus Pandemic Far From Over, WHO Chief Warns
The leader of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus scourge is "far from over" as worldwide infections hit a daily high.
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Uganda: Kasensero Presents Yet Another Challenge to Uganda's Public Health
Ms Sophia Tageya, a midwife at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, is currently the team-lead of the COVID-19 response team at Kasensero landing site, located on the shores of Lake Victoria in Kyotera district, Southern
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Trump officially withdraws US from the World Health Organisation
Trump's opponent -- Joe Biden -- has vowed to halt the withdrawal should he win the upcoming elections.
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Angola: COVID-19 - Angola Rated Among Eight Experienced States
Luanda — Due to the fact that only 69 positive cases of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) were registered, three months after the first infections were detected Angola was selected to transmit its experience in preventing and fighting this
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Covid-19 – ECOWAS Committee of Experts discuss ease of trade
The Committee of Experts set up by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for Transport, Logistics, Free Movement and Trade in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, held a virtual meeting on the 8th of June 2020 to firm up guidelines for the harmonization and facilitation of
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Africa: Evolution of COVID-19 - Cameroon Ranks 7th Most Affected in Africa
This is an alert bell to all Cameroonians and a challenge to be more vigilant, the Director of Disease Control at the Ministry of Public Health, Dr Georges Alain Etoundi Mballa, underlined yesterday, May 27, 2020 in Yaounde at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre during the daily press
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Unions, activists call for Cape Town Covid-19 clinical trial to be stopped
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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Biden makes 1st in-person appearance in more than 2 months
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden and Jill Biden depart after placing a wreath at the Delaware Memorial Bridge Veterans Memorial Park, Monday, May 25, 2020, in New Castle, Del. (AP Photo/Patrick
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