The US has sent nearly half a million doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Rwanda, White House spokesman Kevin Munoz …
Kenya on Wednesday received 407,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the UK at a time when Kenya is battling …
Nigeria has received about 700,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses donated by the UK. The government also announced it has purchased close …
The artemisia annua plant, also known as sweet wormwood, has long provided a key ingredient in treating malaria The World …
A UAE firm linked to a member of the country’s royal family has agreed to refund about $2m (£1.4m) to …
South Africa’s health authorities have started vaccinating the homeless, one of the country’s most vulnerable communities, with one-dose vaccines to …
Dr Rose Ameh, a pediatrician, says breastfeeding mothers with the COVID-19 virus can still breastfeed their babies, because breastfeeding and …
Nigeria has recorded its highest daily confirmed cases of Covid-19 in nearly six months. Figures from the country’s centre for …
As of August 2, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,746,085 while over 46,413,600 vaccinations have been …
The President of the Academy of Medicine Specialties of Nigeria, Professor Oladapo Ashiru, has said some day-to-day activities that people …
Nigeria received four million doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine from the United States as the West African nation steps …
Covid vaccine passports have effectively been introduced for users of the NHS app in England via a change to the …
People in Tanzania are being actively encouraged to get Covid-19 vaccinations in a dramatic change of policy for one of …
The U.S. government on Wednesday will ship nearly 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to two of the most populous …
South Africa has so far given out 6,854,667 vaccine doses, with 225,808 being given out on Tuesday. According to the …
Malaria kills more than 400,000 people in Africa every year. BioNTech, the pharmaceutical firm that partnered Pfizer to hand the …
In a major milestone, a medical oxygen plant has been built in Mutare by a company under the Harare Institute …
Tanzania has received more than one million doses of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine. They are part of the …
Rwanda has extended a lockdown that prohibits unnecessary movements in the capital Kigali and eight other districts as it analyses …
A professor of public health, Tanimola Akande, says the fatality rate of monkeypox is usually higher among the younger population, …
A total of 4487 children lost their primary or secondary caregivers to the disease. At least 3,853 Nigerian children, younger …
The makers of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine say they have found a South African partner to manufacture their jab locally. …
A case of MonkeyPox, a rare but potentially serious viral illness, has been identified in a Texas resident who recently …
The United Kingdom has retained Kenya in the list of countries whose nationals are barred from entering Britain, dealing a …
The Rwandan capital Kigali and eight other districts across the country are sent back into lockdown to curb surging coronavirus …
A total of 450,000 Covid vaccine doses have been destroyed in nine African countries, a World Health Organization (WHO) official …
Rwanda has put its capital Kigali back under total lockdown for 10 days effective July 17 as the country battles …
Tanzania is set to receive 300,000 Covid-19 vaccines from the UN-backed Covax scheme. Health Minister Dorothy Gwajima said healthcare workers …
Nigeria expects to receive nearly 8 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of August, including from a …
Covid-19 is surging in Africa with a record average number of new cases according to an AFP tally based on …
WHO has launched updated Guidelines for Recreational Water Quality, as the northern hemisphere summer reaches its peak and beaches, lakes …
Zimbabwe received 2 million Covid-19 vaccines from China’s Sinovac. Its single largest shipment that it hopes will boost a vaccination …
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), a deadly variant of the deadly COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 Delta, has been …
As South Africa continues to administer COVID-19 vaccines and receive doses from manufacturers, the Department of Health has confirmed that …
More than 4 million people around the world have died of Covid-19, according to data from Johns Hopkins University published …
A hospital in Tanzania’s Mwanza city has reported an oxygen shortage as the country records new coronavirus cases. The officer …
Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta is under fire for launching projects past curfew hours. President Kenyatta launched five hospitals on Tuesday …
Ugandans may find themselves in jail for two months if they are found breaking public health controls in a new …
Europe buys up doses for booster vaccines while African countries go without. There’s a run on booster shots, but not …
The World Health Organization has expressed concern about Uganda’s approval of a locally made herbal treatment for COVID-19 amid a …
Scientists have used a DNA cutting technique to remove a gene responsible for sickle-cell disease (SCD) – a life-threatening blood …
Kenya will set up a “fill and finish” vaccine plant where the last process of filling vials and packaging them …
People in South Africa rushed to hospitals and other medical facilities to test for coronavirus, as a third wave of …
Uganda’s President Museveni said Africa needs the raw materials to produce its own Covid vaccines rather than donations from the …
President of the African Development Bank Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said the lives of 1.2 billion Africans are at …
Uganda sent the police to chase vendors selling merchandise in Kampala despite a Covid-19 stay home order given by the …
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has said the East African nation is being hit by a third wave of coronavirus. …
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, says the continent needs to start producing and not beg for COVID-19 …
