Reports on public health issues, healthcare policies, and medical advancements, striving to inform and improve health outcomes across the continent.
Equipped with a hospital bed, refrigerator, and tables for consultations, a taxi has been converted into a mobile clinic in Zimbabwe’s Goromonzi district, 40 kilometres east of the capital, Harare. Using a wind turbine and solar panels to maintain the vaccine cold chain, the mobile clinic – formally named as ‘ZimbosAbantu Healthcare On Wheels’ – […]
As part of France’s pledge to donate at least 60 million doses to the world this year, a new arrangement between France and the African Union will see 10 million doses provided through a partnership with COVAX and the Africa Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT). This donation will help build on the more than 55 million […]
Rich countries must share their supplies of COVID-19 vaccines quickly, in line with recommendations made earlier this year by an independent panel appointed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the former co-chairs said. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, expressed deep concern over the slow […]
Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Association (GRRA) Ward 6 Committee recently began producing hand sanitizers at their production facilities in Mtapa which they intend to distribute for free to the business community as part of their efforts to help curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. “Our priority as GRRA Ward 6 Committee – right […]
After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. Cameroonian authorities have accused the aid group of helping separatist groups […]
AN organisation which promotes social cautiousness, Shifting Your Mindset, last Saturday hosted a campaign against drug abuse in Mbare high-density suburb in a bid to encourage youths to shun drug abuse. The campaign comes at a time when there are alarming reports of drug-related deaths, and school dropouts due to drug abuse in old suburbs […]
The U.S. awarded the Gweru Residents Forum (GRF) a $13,782 Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Fund grant to establish a poultry rearing project for six benefiting 480 women and their households. GRF will also construct toilets in a high-density suburb to improve sanitation. Source: Gweru Residents Forum
