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Tag Archives: Africa
Malaria kills more than 1,500 African children per day
Tweet Despite progress made with insecticide-treated bed nets, malaria continues to kill 660,000 people annually, most of whom are children in Africa, UNICEF said on Thursday. In a statement issued for World Malaria Day, UNICEF said that there was much … Read More »
MSF: All parties in Central African Republic must respect health facilities
TweetAll parties to the current conflict in the Central African Republic must respect health facilities and ensure the population has access to health care, Médecins Sans Frontières said last week. The international medical humanitarian group said violence and insecurity in … Read More »
The Gambia President Jammeh meets with top World Bank official
Tweet The Gambia President Yahya Jammeh recently met with top officials from the World Bank to discuss health and other issues. The Country Director of the World Bank for Senegal, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Mauritania Vera Songwe roundly praised … Read More »
Tuberculosis outbreaks in Africa associated with effects of HIV/AIDS, poverty
Tweet Luis Gomes Sambo, the director for Africa at the World Health Organization, said the rise of tuberculosis cases in Africa can be attributed to poverty and the effects of HIV/AIDS, which weakens the normal immune response. Data from the … Read More »
Africa must take own approach to improve immunization
TweetAfrican countries are making major improvements to their immunization services, but must deal with specific country-by-country issues to reach globally agreed upon immunization targets, according to a recent report. Charles Wiysonge, Gregory Hussey and Shingai Machingaidze from the University of … Read More »
Tanzania and the GAVI Alliance to introduce two new vaccines
TweetThe government of Tanzania, with the support of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, plans to simultaneously introduce two new vaccines to protect children. One of the vaccines is used to protect children from pneumococcal disease, the primary cause … Read More »
The Gambia stresses immunization as part of Millennium Development Goals
TweetThe European Union’s Charge D’Affairs to the Gambia recently said that the country is making mixed progress towards the attainment of its Millennium Development Goals. Her Excellency Agnes Guillaud highlighted the Gambia’s positive steps as well as the challenges it … Read More »
African immunization conference issues recommendations for public health
Tweet The fourth Annual Regional Conference on Immunization in Africa recently issued recommendations on strengthening Africa’s immunization structure, curbing the increase in the number of wild polio virus cases in Nigeria and closing the funding gap for the Global Polio … Read More »