March 18
Nigeria:Tsado Kashi - Health Worker Forced to Convert Home to Makeshift Clinic[blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
The people of Tsado Kashi, a rural community in Gbako Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State who are basically farmers had in the past sought healthcare from traditional…Read more »
March 17
Burundi:Country Announces First Polio Outbreak in More Than 30 Years
UN News
卫生部门周五表示,在布隆迪they had detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation's first outbreak in more than 30…Read more »
Tanzania:Unidentified Illness Kills Five in Tanzania, Sparks Ebola Fears
VOA
Health officials in Tanzania are investigating an illness that killed five people in the country's northwest with Ebola-like symptoms, raising fears that it could be the deadly…Read more »
Africa:WHO Updates Conoravirus Variant Definitions as Virus 'Continues to Evolve'
WHO
WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better correspond to the current global variant…Read more »
Mozambique:Cholera Kills 8 in Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Sickens Hundreds
VOA
Mozambique's health minister said Friday a cholera outbreak in the area hit by Cyclone Freddy killed eight people this week and hospitalized 250 - part of 600 sickened since the…Read more »
Nigeria:24.8m Nigerians At Risk of Food, Nutrition Crisis in 26 States, FCT - FAO
Daily Trust
About 24.8 million Nigerians in 26 states and the FCT could experience acute nutrition and food crisis between June and August following the lingering fuel and cash scarcity in the…Read more »
Africa:Reckitt and HIEx Launch WiNFUND: New Fund Mints NFT Collection to Accelerate Africa's Women-led Start-ups Tackling Health Challenges
AllAfrica InfoWire
Multinational consumer goods company , Reckitt, has announced the public launch of its purely non-profit WiNFUND NFT Africa collection , a group of unique digital artworks that…Read more »
Sierra Leone:MOHS Engages Stakeholders On Safe Motherhood And Reproductive Healthcare Bill
Concord
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation, through the Directorate of Policy, Planning and Information, has interfaced with the Inter-Religious Council and critical Civil Society…Read more »
Malawi:Malawi Registering 15,000 New HIV Infections, 11,000 Aids-Related Deaths Annually
Nyasa Times
Ministry of Health has warned Malawians against relenting and relaxing in the fight against HIV and Aids as latest statistics indicate that the country is registering 15, 000 new…Read more »
March 16
Africa:Health - It's Time for Women to Lead the Sector[opinion]
IPS
Women health workers are more than two thirds of the health workforce and represent 90% of the world's frontline health workers, yet hold less than a quarter of senior leadership…Read more »
Niger:MSF Denounces Appalling Conditions for Migrants Abandoned in Assamaka[press release]
MSF
Thousands of migrants deported from Algeria and abandoned in the desert of northern Niger are stranded without access to shelter, healthcare, protection, or basic necessities,…Read more »
Africa:Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia Receive Covid-19 Treatments for High-Risk Patients
COVID Treatment Quick Start Consortium
COVID治疗快速启动announc财团ed today that the governments of Zambia, Laos, Malawi and Rwanda have received shipments of PAXLOVID™…Read more »
Tanzania:Mysterious Disease Kills 5 in Northwest Tanzania
Daily News
A rapid response medical team has been dispatched in Kagera Region to investigate unknown disease that has killed five people.Read more »
Kenya:Kenya Introduced Free Maternal Health Services a Decade Ago - It's Been a Success, Saving Lives[analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Maternal and newborn deaths are a major public health problem in Kenya. In 2020 the maternal mortality ratio was 530 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is much higher than the…Read more »
South Africa:Medicine Stockouts Are a Problem in South Africa's Clinics - How Pharmacist Assistants Can Help[analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Primary healthcare clinics are the main healthcare access point for millions of South Africans.Read more »
South Africa:Long Covid - What We Know About How the Condition Affects Mental Health[analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Many people have persistent symptoms after recovering from COVID, a condition termed "long COVID". The UK's Office for National Statistics estimates 1.8 million people in the UK…Read more »
Africa:Africa Can Feed Itself, the World[opinion]
Times of Zambia
The Africa Food Summit which was held in Dakar, Senegal, recently, highlighted various issues such as the importance of investing in agriculture, arresting soaring inflation in…Read more »
Kenya:Taita-Taveta Dropped From KEMSA's Blacklist Over Sh89 Million Drug Debt
Capital FM
In 2020, Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) blacklisted Taita-Taveta County government for failure to pay millions of shillings for drugs and pharmaceutical products supplied…Read more »
Liberia:U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Assures Prosperous Liberia Possibility 'To Adequate Healthcare Access for All Liberians'
FrontPageAfrica
Joel Maybury, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission, has guaranteed a prosperous Liberia possibility through the provision of adequate healthcare access for all Liberians.Read more »
Ghana:306 Students Matriculate At Zuarungu Nursing and Midwifery Training School
Ghanaian Times
The Principal of the Zuarungu Nursing and Midwifery Training College (ZNMTC), Mr Michael Yidana Mantamia, has cautioned students to be focused in their academic work and explore…Read more »
Ghana:1,023 Residents of New Gbawe Benefit From Free Health Screening
Ghanaian Times
About 1,023 people at New Gbawe and its environs in the Weija Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra Region benefitted from a health fair organised by the Action City Chapel…Read more »
Africa:Cocaine Trafficking Surges Following Covid-19-Related Slowdown
UN News
Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN…Read more »
Nigeria:Nigeria Reports 1,064 Suspected Cases of Diphtheria in 21 States
Vanguard
Nigeria has recorded another 377 new suspected cases of Diphtheria, bringing the total number of cases to 1,064 from 21 states.Read more »
South Africa:Nehawu Welcomes the Health Ombudsman Report On Rahima Moosa Hospital[press release]
COSATU
Special Note: Happy 37th Anniversary to COSATU. Formed December 1985Read more »
Africa:WHO Signs Partnership Agreement With Mapaction[press release]
WHO
MapAction has signed the Standby Partnership Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) which will allow the UK-based emergency response and disaster preparedness charity…Read more »
Africa:As Bird Flu Continues to Spread in the US and Worldwide, What's the Risk That It Could Start a Human Pandemic? 4 Questions Answered[analysis]
The Conversation Africa
An outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza that started in 2021 has become the largest bird flu outbreak in history, both in the U.S. and worldwide. In the U.S. the virus has led to the…Read more »