Health

Historic RTS,S/AS01 recommendation can reinvigorate the fight against malaria GENEVA, October 6th 2021 — The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission The recommendation is based on results from an ongoing […]

On 22 September 2021, US President Joe Biden hosted a Global COVID-19 Summit on the side-lines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, bringing together leaders in government, business, and philanthropy to commit to an equitable pandemic response and to building a stronger global pandemic preparedness architecture. Speaking at the event, Reeta Roy, President and […]

Ziadeh is one of more than 500 refugees and asylum-seekers who have received COVID vaccines across Egypt, following the Government’s plan to prioritize the elderly and individuals with chronic health conditions. Refaat Ziadeh, 59, a refugee from Syria, never thought he would be one of the first refugees to receive the COVID vaccine in Egypt, […]

While the African Union originally aimed to vaccinate 60% of the population across Africa by next year to reach herd immunity against COVID-19, this goal might need to be raised to 70%. And if it is, the AU expects to require an additional $300 million in financing for doses, said Benedict Oramah, president of the […]

Kinshasa, 8 September 2021 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported. Confirmatory tests carried out by the Institut Pasteur in Paris detected Neisseria meningitidis – one of the most […]

BUBA, Guinea-Bissau – Ami Campini says she’s lucky to be alive. The mother of four was seven months pregnant with her fifth child when she and her family moved from the northern part of the country to the Quinara region in the southwest where they own farmland for the start of farming season. Within two […]

Clive Makumbe Elderly people in Bulilima, Plumtree are struggling to access Covid-19 vaccination sites due to the long distances they have to travel and have called on the government to establish more vaccination sites. This came out during a Covid-19 awareness roadshow campaign by the Western Region Foundation in conjunction with the Ministry of Health […]

Calling for Protection of – Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and Promotion of Gender-responsiveness in the COVID-19 crisis As a community-based organization working with young men and women between the age of 16 to 35 years in Matabeleland South, we are realising that humanity is confronted with unprecedented threats of the COVID 19 pandemic […]

Pact has a long history of helping communities in Eswatini overcome health challenges. For years, we’ve worked to reduce HIV infections, most recently through the USAID-funded Insika ya Kusasa program. The program offers tailored support for children and adolescents affected by HIV, including case management and home visits. When the Covid-19 pandemic began, Pact had […]

Pridegirl is a 19-year-old double orphan who lives with her grandmother, Mawan Ncube. Now wheelchair bound, Pridegirl could not walk since the age of five, she had been referred for physiotherapy sessions at Plumtree District hospital with no change, after her parents passed on when she was an infant, her grandmother took over caring for […]