Gabon court dismisses bid for medical probe into Bongo’s health
A top court in Gabon has dismissed a bid by opposition figures for a medical assessment of President Ali Bongo ...
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Malawi polio immunisation starts next month after outbreak
Malawi said Thursday it will launch a nationwide polio vaccination campaign next month following the detection of its first case ...
UN slams ‘aggressive’ formula milk marketing
The United Nations slammed baby formula makers Wednesday for "unethical" marketing strategies, accusing them of aggressively targeting expecting parents and ...
Six African nations to get own mRNA jab production
Six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production, the World Health Organization said Friday, with ...
US ships 5 mln Covid vaccine doses to Egypt, Nigeria
The United States on Thursday shipped nearly 5.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Egypt and Nigeria, a ...
US ships nearly 1.9 million more Covid vaccine doses to African nations
The United States on Friday shipped nearly 1.9 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Mozambique and four other African countries in ...
Researchers brave relentless violence to work in DR Congo
As Tony Ukety peers into a microscope in an effort to wipe out a devastating tropical disease, he is acutely ...
Morocco starts construction of anti-Covid vaccine plant
Morocco on Thursday inaugurated construction of an anti-Covid vaccine manufacturing plant in partnership with Swedish firm Recipharm, the official news ...
Kenya, Mauritania get nearly 2 million US Covid vaccine doses
Kenya and Mauritania have received nearly two million new doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the United States in the latest ...
US biotech tycoon opens Africa’s first end-to-end Covid-19 jab plant
US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday opened a plant in Cape Town that will be the first in Africa ...
Hospitals in Ethiopia’s war-torn north reel from shortages: ICRC
Doctors in Ethiopia's Tigray region are recycling surgical gloves and using salt to disinfect wounds as essential medical supplies run ...
Homabay County moves to Kisumu and Nyamira Counties in search of more oxygen supply
Homa Bay County Teaching and Referral Hospital has run out of oxygen supply and beds for admitting Covid-19 patients amid ...
Salim Lone: Fully reassured after talking with Raila Odinga
After seeing our former Prime Minister yesterday out and about with President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi and Kajiado counties, barely ...
Misinformation fuels Papua New Guinea’s Covid crisis
Misinformation threatens to scuttle Papua New Guinea's already faltering efforts to bring a severe Covid-19 outbreak under control, with a ...
Outrageous: Nairobi Hospitals Charging up to KShs 650,000 Deposit per ICU Bed
In what can only be termed as egregious, a new survey that just came out indicates that most hospitals in ...
21 Dubai Bound Passengers Arrested at JKIA with Fake Covid-19 Certificates
Twenty-one passengers who were to travel to Dubai got arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for presenting fake Covid-19 ...
Ministry of Health to Avail Covid-19 Vaccine, Cost plan
Kenyans will have to pay between Sh. 327 to 2725 for Covid-19 if the Ministry of Health approves the best ...
China: ‘Promising’ early results from COVID-19 vaccine trial
A new study out of China suggests that it should be possible to develop a safe vaccine against COVID-19, though ...