insert_link Africa Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst By Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town Rating agency Fitch recently warned that the rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already experiencing. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in the Democratic […] todaySeptember 9, 2024 18
insert_link Africa Africa needs 10 million doses of mpox vaccines Tanzanian politician Dr. Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile has been nominated as the World Health Organization’s regional director for Africa for a five-year term. This comes amid an Mpox outbreak across eight African countries, which has been declared a global health emergency. The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has called for 10 million Mpox vaccine doses to address the outbreak. todayAugust 28, 2024 30
insert_link Oshiwambo Congo okwa taalela omutenge go Mpox Congo okwa lopota iipotha iipe yo Mpox ya konda 1000 moshiwike sha piti sigo ometiyali,sho omalelo guuhaku mu Africa ga pula oontutila oku kondjitha oshiponga shika oshinene mu Africa. Ehangano lyuundjolowele muuyuni olyiigidha etukuko lyo Mpox mu Africa onga oshikele shuuhaku shopaulumompumbwe. Omanga o Mpox ya lopotwa miilongo 12 ya Africa,Congo oye a lopota iipotha oyindji,yili 17 794 okuza miipotha 18 910 mbyoka ya lopotwa mu africa nuumvo, nomaso 535 […] todayAugust 22, 2024 22
insert_link Oshiwambo Iilongo ya Africa otayi ka tameka okugandja ootuntila dho Mpox methimbo efupi-Africa CDC O Africa CDC oyati DRC niilongo yilwe menenevi otayi ka tameka oku gandja ootuntila dho Mpox muule womasiku omashona. DRC okwa dhengwa unene ketukuko lyo Mpox noludhi olupe oludhipagi lwa tukuka omumvo gwa piti,noku taandela okuya kiilongo yilwe ya Africa 12,niipotha pondje ya africa ya kolekwa miilongo 3. O Africa CDC oyati ootuntila okwa tegelelwa dhi thike meni lyethimbo efupi. Nosha landula eindilo ko EU,nokehangano lyoku nduluka ootuntila lyo Bavarian […] todayAugust 21, 2024 14
insert_link 2 Oshiwambo DRC atula ombuda moshixwa okukelela etandavelo lomukifi wo Mpox moshilongo. Oshikondo shouhaku mo shitopolwa sha Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, oshati oshili tashilongo shatula ombuda moshixwa opo shitongololemo ovanudo ovo vaningwa oihakanwa youdu wo monkeypox, eshi omuvalu waavo vaningwa oihakanwa taweende wayuka pombada efiku keshe. Ehangano louhaku mounyuni WHO , onghela ola yandja elombwelo opo oudu wo Mpox utulwe koshivalo shomakwafo opaulumo mumbwe, omukifi oo watukuka mo Congo oshoyo moilyolongo yayooloka yenenedu. Oudu wombuto yo Mpox, owa didilikwa unene mokati […] todayAugust 15, 2024 19 2
insert_link Africa Nigeria mandates health form for incoming air passengers Nigeria's government has directed air passengers coming into the country to fill out a health declaration form as part of measures against the Mpox outbreak and other infectious diseases. According to The Vanguard, the mpox strain known as Clade Ib, which has been rapidly spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since September, is both more deadly and more easily transmitted than earlier strains. This strain, transmitted […] todayAugust 12, 2024 35
insert_link Health / Medical Climate change behind Africa’s cholera increase The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has tied the worst outbreak of cholera in three years to climate change, saying adverse weather is raising the risk of this disease faster than in the rest of the world. That’s as floods in the Democratic Republic of Congo — and across southern Africa — stretch already fragile health systems. The increase in cases comes even as Africa is the region […] todayFebruary 1, 2024 22