Tag Archives: Africa

March 2020 theGuardian; There are now more than 2,400 confirmed cases of Covid-19 across Africa and growing warnings that the pandemic will cause major challenges for the continent’s under-resourced health services. World Health Organization officials have said the statistics are likely to significantly underestimate the true number of cases. There have …

March 2020 CNN; As coronavirus spreads across the globe, countries in Africa are taking preventive measures to keep the disease out and many are showing a strong level of preparedness to counter the spread of the virus.There are now more than 100 cases recorded in 11 countries in Africa, according …

March 2019 voanews; The death rate among women undergoing a C-section to deliver a baby is about 50 times higher in Africa than in most wealthy nations, researchers said Friday. One in 200 women dies during or soon after a cesarean in a sampling of nearly 3,700 births across 22 …

November 2018 TheStar; More than 23 per cent of deaths in Africa are linked to the environment, the World Health Organisation has said. According to WHO, this is the highest for any region on a per capita basis (deaths per 100 000). Matshidiso Moeti, WHO’s Regional Director for Africa says …

May 2018 Dailynation; More than 90 percent of the global population is breathing in high levels of pollutants, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, blaming poor air quality for some seven million deaths annually. Fresh data from the UN health body showed that every corner of the globe is dealing with …

January 2018 Standardmedia; The risk of dying from scheduled surgery in Africa is more than double the global average, researchers said in a study shedding light on one of the continent’s biggest but poorly investigated health care problems. Patients who go under the knife in Africa in theory have a lower …

October 2017 Reuters; Obesity worldwide is escalating and without urgent action to prevent and treat it, the annual medical bill for dealing with its consequences could reach $1.2 trillion by 2025, the World Obesity Federation said ahead of World Obesity Day on Wednesday. Here are some facts about the rising …

August 2017 Businessdaily; Population of Kenya grew by 4.3 million within a year to reach 49.7 million at a time when the country is grappling with high unemployment, a new report says. According the 2017 World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB), Kenya’s population will hit 67 …

May 2017 theguardian; The World Health Organisation has its first ever director-general from Africa, after the election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the former Ethiopian health minister. Dr Tedros, as he is known, beat the British candidate, Dr David Nabarro, after three tense rounds of voting on Tuesday. Third was …

May 2017 VOA; The World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good. While not underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead in bringing this latest outbreak of Ebola to an end, Matshidiso …