insert_link Health / Medical WHO concerned that countries will miss deadline for pandemic treaty The World Health Organization Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says countries risk missing a May deadline for agreeing on a legally binding treaty on fighting pandemics to shore up the world's defences against new pathogens after the COVID-19 pandemic killed more than 7 million people. today23 January, 2024
insert_link Namibia Teen pregnancy, drugs blamed for high failure rate at Groot Aub The principal of Groot Aub Secondary School, Isak de Groot, has said he is disappointed in the high failure rate amongst Grade 11 learners in the 2023 examinations at the school. De Groot in a recent interview with Nampa said out of 45 learners in Grade 11 last year, only three qualified for the Advanced Subsidiary (AS) levels and only six learners qualified for tertiary education. “We are […] today22 January, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical Global health risk from Coronavirus remains high The World Health Organisation warned on Friday that the global public health risks from COVID-19 remain high. While the virus continues to circulate worldwide, only a few countries are closely monitoring infections, according to the WHO’s Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove. today15 January, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical Global COVID-19 cases increase The World Health Organisation has revealed that the number of new Coronavirus cases increased by 52 percent during the past four weeks globally with over 850 000 new cases reported. Most infections have been caused by a new strain called JN. 1 which is now under close scrutiny by the UN health agency as a variant of interest. JN. 1 was reportedly first detected in the United States before spreading […] today8 January, 2024
