Africa is the continent least affected by the coronavirus epidemic. While it is premature to conclude that the worst is over, the continent has certain peculiarities that put it outside the predicted disaster. The WHO offers some explanations.
We must beware of any hasty...
Après deux mois de confinement, la ville de Wuhan est enfin libérée. Depuis le 23 janvier, les habitants de cette ville de 11 millions d’habitants ne pouvaient pas sortir.
A minuit (heure locale), les autorités ont levé les dernières restrictions empêchant la sortie de...
Our continent is facing many public health problems. Along with emerging threats like Covid-19 and persistent scourges like malaria, we need to remain vigilant in the face of a lesser-known challenge - the fight against neglected tropical diseases, or NTDs.
What are NTDs? A...
There's a long way ahead, but there's been definite progress in the global fight against AIDS over the past decade. In 2019, some 1.7 million new infections with HIV, the AIDS virus, have been recorded. This represents a 23% decline since 2010.
Confined...
We can say it without being mistaken. It will now be necessary to cope with the Covid-19. The World Health Organization (WHO) assures that there will be no quick fixes to overcome this disease. All actions to defeat it must be sustainable.
This tendency...
"The long-term impact of school closures risks further harming children, their futures and their communities," said a UNICEF official.
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called on African governments on Thursday 20 August...
The African Development Bank and the World Adaptation Center are joining forces to mobilize an additional $25 billion to accelerate Africa's adaptation to climate change.
The AfDB (African Development Bank) will implement its Acceleration Program for Adaptation in Africa (AAAP) intended to mobilize 25...
The number of cases of Covid-19 reported in France has been on the rise over the last week, with more than 1,000 new cases over the last 24 hours on Thursday 23 July; an improvement of 26% within a week for the Ministry of Health. Around the...
So far, Russia has not published a detailed study of the results of its trials to establish the effectiveness of the products it says it has developed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin told a press conference on Tuesday August 11 that Russia had developed the...
Le président malgache, Andry Rajoelina en est convaincu : « Madagascar tient un médicament efficace contre le Covid-19.
Ce médicament est le Covid-Organics, élaboré par le professeur Albert Rakoto-Ratsimamanga. Ce traitement est à base d’artémisia ou Artemisia annua.
Cette plante est issue de...
