Mpox cases on African continent show 500 per cent increase year-on-year
Dakar, Senegal Reuters Mpox cases continue to spread on the African continent, showing an increase of over 500 per cent from last year, data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) showed on Thursday. The World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in mid-August, after a new strain began […]
Mpox: Why vaccines are only just arriving in Africa after two years
JENNIFER RIGBY, of Reuters, reports on concerns that lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic about global healthcare inequities have been slow to bring change…
Africa public health body declares mpox emergency
Reuters Africa’s top public health body declared what it termed a “public health emergency of continental security” on Tuesday over an outbreak of mpox that has spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring countries. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) had warned last week of an alarming rate of […]
Africa’s top public health official warns on COVID vaccine rollout timeframe
Nairobi, Kenya AP Africa’s top public health official says vaccinations against COVID-19 on the continent might not start until the second quarter of next year. And he says it will be “extremely dangerous” if more developed parts of the world vaccinate themselves and then restrict travel to people with proof of vaccination. Two women walk […]
Coronavirus in Africa: Lack of data raises fears of “silent epidemic”
KATHARINE HOURELD and DAVID LEWIS, of Reuters, report on how the shortage of information detailing the spread of COVID-19 in Africa is hampering efforts to limits its spread…