Tag: #Africa
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Rapid scale-up of Covid-19 vaccination delivers greater health benefits: Africa CDC study
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Earlier start dates and rapid scale-up of Covid-19 vaccination delivered greater health benefits in terms of hospitalizations and deaths averted, and were more cost-effective in Africa, a newly published study by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has disclosed.
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Measles cases soar 400 percent in Africa this year
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo — Africa is facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday, with measles cases jumping 400 percent.
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Malaria: Killer of African children set for vaccine zap
PARIS, France – Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly children living in Africa, succumb every year to malaria, an age-old mosquito-borne scourge that worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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More than one million African children protected by first malaria vaccine
GENEVA, Switzerland — More than a million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received at least one dose of the first anti-malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization said Thursday.
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PH mulling to donate Covid-19 vaccines to other countries—DOH
The Philippines is planning to donate some of its Covid-19 vaccines to other nations in a bid to help ramp up their vaccination activities, the Department of Health (DOH) said on Thursday, March 10.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases near 11.21-M: Africa CDC
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,209,273 as of Thursday evening, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Ellen Adarna, Derek Ramsay: Acrobats in Africa
Ellen Adarna and Derek Ramsay are currently in Africa for their honeymoon. But they haven’t forgotten fans back home.
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Africa's COVID jab rate must 'increase six times' — WHO
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo — Africa must boost the vaccination rate against COVID-19 ”six times” to reach the target of 70 percent vaccine coverage set for the end of the first half of 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday.
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COVID-19 infects 250 more Pinoys abroad—DFA
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Jan. 31, reported 250 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases among overseas Filipinos.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 9.14 mln: Africa CDC
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,143,184 cases as of late Saturday evening, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
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NATO studying 'options' to bolster Africa anti-jihadist force — UN
UNITED NATIONS, United States — NATO is studying options to bolster support for the multinational G5 Sahel force in the troubled three-borders region of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, where a surge in jihadist violence has cost thousands of lives, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter seen by AFP Thursday.
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DFA: 99 new COVID-19 cases among Filipinos abroad; total number of cases rises to 20,881
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, July 3, that 99 overseas Filipinos have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of positive cases to 20,881.
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COVID-19 hits 2 more overseas Filipinos; total now at 20,424 — DFA
The number of overseas Filipinos who have contracted coronavirus disease (COVID-19) rose to 20,424 on Saturday, June 19, as two new cases were recorded, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.
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Virus cases surge in Africa as third wave gains pace: WHO
Coronavirus infections in Africa are surging as a third wave of the pandemic gathers pace on the continent, fuelled by the spread of more contagious variants, the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
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African countries conduct close to 47 M COVID-19 tests: Africa CDC
ADDIS ABABA, May 26 (Xinhua) — African countries have conducted over 46.9 million COVID-19 tests so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Wednesday.
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DFA: 13 new COVID-19 cases among overseas Filipinos
An additional 13 coronavirus cases were reported among overseas Filipinos, raising the total tally to 18,537, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Saturday, May 8.