Coronavirus vaccines: Tech transfer is the new mantra
A tech transfer hub for mRNA vaccines is being set up in South Africa, a first for the continent; but will the pharmaceutical companies play ball?
By 2015, Nigeria will account for one-fifth of all births in Africa
With increasing poverty and lack of educational infrastructure, many children will be driven towards crime, violence and insurgency
What Africa needs to do to avert demographic disaster
Better family planning and support from international community much needed, says Unicef
KAZA Summit underway in Zambia
Members states of the world’s largest transnational conservation initiative meet to review progress and strategise way forward
Hospital-acquired infections kill thousands, cost sub-Saharan Africa $8.4 billion annually, says WaterAid
Nigeria recorded the highest incidence of HAIs in 2022, followed by Ethiopia, Uganda, Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Mali
Climate change: Over a million farming households face acute food shortage in Zambia, warns Oxfam
A severe drought, worsened by climate change & El Nino, has caused massive crop failures for half of the nation’s planted area
Limited toilet access, unsanitary facilities may be behind high urinary incontinence burden in sub-Saharan African women
Study on 175 people in Kenya and Nigeria claims number could be as high as 1 in 5 women
Deaths due to heat in Middle East & North Africa likely to rise 60 times by end of century
Over 80% deaths can be prevented by limiting global warming to 2°C
Gender inequalities hamper sub-Saharan Africa’s fight against HIV: UNAIDS
AIDS is the leading cause of death among women in Africa
30 sub-Saharan Africa countries among 38 that fail to provide basic electricity access
More than 60% of Africa’s population is facing acute energy poverty
‘Ineffective’ India-made antivenoms recalled in Kenya, country faces snakebite crisis
Studies in India, by WHO show antivenom serums not working
Nigeria: Over 5 million more people will be pushed into poverty due to COVID-19
Climate-related shocks pose as an additional risk to households just above poverty line
WHO certifies Cabo Verde malaria-free; third African country to do so
Following last outbreak in 2017, the country identified problems and made improvements
Hanging in balance: 64% of West African coast highly or very highly vulnerable, shows study
Socio-economic factors, especially human development activity, major contributor to vulnerability
Horn of Africa facing deadly floods due to El Nino-linked ‘above average’ rains
Heavy rainfall predicted to keep affecting the region for the next three months with varying intensity
Teacher shortage: Sub-Saharan Africa needs 15 million new educators despite gap closing globally
Recruitment target hardly changed in the region since 2016
Sub-Saharan Africa lost 2.6bn tonnes of carbon stock due to climate change
A recent study says prolonged dry periods have reduced carbon stocks in dryland areas
Climate change aided malaria expansion into highland east Africa and towards the Cape in 100 years: Study
Direct links between climate, biodiversity change and disease emergence will help identify, address healthcare needs in newly vulnerable …
100 million Nigerians are at risk of neglected tropical diseases: What the country is doing about it
Nigeria began concerted efforts to combat human and animal trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness and nagana) in 1947
Why farmers in northern Ghana go to bed hungry
Rural food systems need to be transformed into productive, profitable activities for farming households
COVID-19: Basic hygiene services lacking in sub-Saharan Africa
Amid the pandemic, it is very much essential to particularly focus on increasing access to water, sanitation and hygiene
WHO sounds alarm on India-made cough syrups linked to children’s death in The Gambia
Consuming the products leads to ‘active kidney injuries’ in children, said WHO director-general
Measles outbreak kills nearly 700 children in 4 months in Zimbabwe
The number of deaths is four times that reported by the ministry two weeks ago (157 children)
DR Congo’s health authorities probe suspected Ebola case in North Kivu
In previous outbreaks, it has killed as many as 90 per cent of the people it infected, according to the WHO
Africa Protected Areas Congress: Continent gets $200 billion conservation fund
Rwanda first country to commit to trust; Global donations needed, says conservationist