May 08
Africa: World Health Organization Advises Updated Vaccine Composition to Tackle SARS-CoV-2 Evolution
Nile Post
In a recent update from the World Health Organization (WHO), it has been highlighted that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, continues to circulate and evolve, posing… Read more »
May 07
Africa: Future Pandemics Will Have the Same Human Causes As Ancient Outbreaks - Lessons From Anthropology Can Help Prevent Them [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The last pandemic was bad, but COVID-19 is only one of many infectious diseases that emerged since the turn of this century. Read more »
Africa: Our New Vaccine Could Protect Against Coronaviruses That Haven't Even Emerged Yet - New Study [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable scientific achievement that saved millions of lives. The vaccines have demonstrated substantial… Read more »
May 02
Africa: Lessons From Covid-19 - Preparing for Future Pandemics Means Looking Beyond the Health Data [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The World Health Organization declared an end to the COVID-19 public health emergency on May 5, 2023. In the year since, only two provinces -- Alberta and Ontario -- have published… Read more »
May 01
Africa: The Covid-19 Pandemic Changed Our Patterns and Behaviours, Which in Turn Affected Wildlife [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The Earth now supports over eight billion people who collectively have transformed three-quarters of the planet's land surface for food, energy, shelter and other aspects of the… Read more »
April 30
Uganda: UK Imposes Sanctions On Speaker, Others
Nile Post
The UK Government has slapped incredible raft of sanctions of Speaker of Parliament Anita Among for exercising "corruption at its worst and that has no place in society." Read more »
South Africa: Health Dismisses Reports of New Covid-19 Variant
SAnews.gov.za
The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media. Read more »
April 29
South Africa: Flu Rates Anticipated to Return to Pre-Covid-19 Levels
spotlight
COVID-19-related factors resulted in several years of lower-than-normal rates of the flu, but experts say that is now something of the past. As this year's flu season gets under… Read more »
Africa: AU Ministers of Health Speak on Draft Pandemic Prevention Agreement [press release]
Africa CDC
We, the Ministers of Health of African Union Member States, held a meeting on 27th April 2024 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the facilitation of the Africa Centres for Disease… Read more »
April 27
Uganda: Uganda Considers Bailout for Struggling Vaccine Factory
Nile Post
Nearly half the requested funds (578 billion shillings) for the supplementary budget are earmarked for Dei Bio Pharma, a Ugandan pharmaceutical company struggling to keep its… Read more »
April 24
Africa: Religion and Covid-19 - Methodists and Church of England Followers More Likely to Have Been Vaccinated Than Muslims and Pentecostals [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
There are many factors which affect how successfully a vaccine is rolled out. One of these is the public health communication strategy. Surprisingly, a key factor in determining… Read more »
April 21
South Africa: Reliving the Pandemic - Five New 'Vi-Fi' Novels Inspired By Covid-19 [analysis]
Daily Maverick
These titles, with themes such as isolation and addiction, introduce readers to a new Covid generation of authors. Read more »