Among the most shocking images from the Covid-19 pandemic were of people gasping for air, unable to breathe, their blood oxygen so severely depleted that some died in ambulances lined up outside hospitals. In wealthier countries, there was a panicked rush to expand ventilator capacity to deal with the surge of people experiencing acute respiratory...
The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, has dismissed allegations that Namibia has signed the WHO Pandemic Treaty, which is yet to be adopted since negotiations are ongoing. Dr. Shangula was responding to allegations by the president of the Republican Party that by signing the treaty, Namibia would lose its sovereignty and be...
Namibia can end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 by letting communities lead. Communities of people living with HIV or at risk and those affected by HIV are the drivers of progress in the HIV response. They connect people to public health services, build trust, innovate, monitor the implementation of policies and services and hold service...
Namibia has a fantastic opportunity. It can end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 by letting communities lead. Communities of people living with HIV or at risk and those affected by HIV are the drivers of progress in the HIV response. They connect people to public health services, build trust, innovate, monitor the implementation of policies...
By Dr. David ChipantaUNAIDS Country Director. Namibia has a fantastic opportunity. It can end the AIDS pandemic by 2030, by letting communities lead. Communities of people living with HIV or at risk of and those affected by HIV are the drivers of progress in the HIV response. They connect people to public health services, build...
By Matthew A. Winkler via BizNews For all of Covid-19’s disruptions, one trend during the global pandemic presses on unabated. And that would be five of the world’s 10 fastest-growing economies continue to be based in Africa and at least several more on the continent over the next two years are poised to outperform the...
The World Health Organization head, Tedros Ghebreyesus has welcomed Wednesday’s “historic” commitment by global leaders on the approval of a political declaration on pandemic prevention in New York. The post WHO welcomes declaration on pandemic prevention first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Wild Africa Fund has called for urgent actions to curb illegal wildlife trade, deforestation and climate change to reduce the risk of future disease transmissions. The call came as the world marked World Zoonoses Day on July 6. Mr Kelechukwu Iruoma, Nigerian Representative, Wild Africa Fund, in a statement on Thursday said that Africa faced...