by stephen | Apr 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nearly 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Africa, where after months of waiting on the side-lines for vaccines, many of the first wave of countries to start campaigns are rapidly vaccinating high-risk groups. Countries have accessed vaccines...
by stephen | Apr 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
SAFHE (South African Federation of Health Engineering) will be hosting a virtual conference consisting of four webinars on the 14 & 15 and 20 & 21 April 2021 from 9:00am to 12:00pm daily. The virtual conference provides a platform for leaning about new...
by stephen | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nearly 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Africa, where after months of waiting on the side-lines for vaccines, many of the first wave of countries to start campaigns are rapidly vaccinating high-risk groups. Countries have accessed vaccines...
by stephen | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
Africa urgently needs more COVID-19 vaccine supplies as deliveries begin to slow down and initial batches are nearly exhausted in some countries. The continent has so far administered 7.7 million vaccine doses mainly to high-risk population groups. Forty-four African...
by stephen | Mar 28, 2021 | Uncategorized
When Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, government officials and stakeholders heaved a sigh of relieve. For Dr Osagie Ehanire, Nigeria’s Minister of Health, “It is a feeling of relief and elation that at last we...
by stephen | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
The African CDC is calling on qualified healthcare providers, researchers, laboratory staff, or pharmacists with experience diagnosing infectious diseases and prescribing antimicrobial therapies to provide feedback back to the African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines...
by stephen | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Africa is poised to surpass 4 million COVID-19 infections this week since the continent’s first confirmed case in February 2020. The year-long battle against the virus, which has also claimed over 106 000 lives, is now receiving a crucial boost with the arrival of...
by stephen | Mar 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
To rapidly and sustainably stop outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in African countries, a modified vaccine, known as novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV) is now being rolled out. Africa made history on 25 August 2020with the African...
by stephen | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Angola today received 624,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Sérum Institute of India as part of the COVAX initiative, which aims to ensure the equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19 worldwide. With this first batch of vaccines,...
by stephen | Mar 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ministers of Health from Guinea – which is combating a new Ebola outbreak – and neighbouring countries have agreed on a unified front to combat the virus that re-emerged about three weeks ago. The meeting was opened by His Excellency, the Prime Minister of Guinea, Dr...
