WHO says Covid may have killed over 80k health workers
Covid has severely affected health care staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Healthcare workers must be...
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WHO advisory group recommends COVID-19 booster shot for immunocompromised people
People with weaker immune systems should receive an additional shot of approved COVID-19 vaccines, an advisory group to the World Health Organization (WHO) said on...
Kenyans environmentally conscious since Covid-19 pandemic
Public health experts now say the Covid-19 pandemic prompted an overwhelming majority of Kenyans to consider more sustainable behaviours. They argue that a good number...
Religious leaders, community health workers roped into Covid-19 vaccination campaign
The government has devised a plan where community health care workers and religious leaders will steer mass Covid-19 vaccination at the grassroots. Chairman of the...
African countries commit to ending all forms of polio
Outbreaks of a vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV) is spreading throughout communities where too few children have received the polio vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) said...
African Health Ministers review COVID-19 fight, plan for future shocks
African health ministers met Tuesday to take stock of the continent’s fight against COVID-19 as the pandemic continues to stretch health systems to breaking point...
Covid: Data confirms infections have risen globally
Covid-19 infections have continued to rise globally for more than a month now, with over four million cases reported in the past week alone, the...
Why Covid origin study should not be limited to one country, region
Ever since the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, there is a subject that has refused to go away – the origin of the deadly pathogen....
World Breastfeeding Week: Mothers urged to breastfeed exclusively
Covid-19 pandemic has caused significant disruptions in breastfeeding support services, while increasing the risk of food insecurity and malnutrition. This is according to the World...
China rejects WHO plan for new Covid origin probe
China has rejected the next stage of a World Health Organization (WHO) plan to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. The WHO wants to...