Health
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Kenya accounts for 3% of global malaria cases
Kenya accounts for 3 percent of global malaria cases but the country has made significant progress to curb the disease…
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Africa faces COVID-19 caseload at historic high amid third wave
The number of COVID-19 cases in Africa has surged at an unprecedented pace as the continent grapples with a third…
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Stringent lockdown measures likely in South Africa as COVID-19 cases surge
As the number of COVID-19 cases increased by 11,093 over the past 24 hours in South Africa, tighter lockdown measures…
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Uganda closes parliament amid surging COVID-19 cases, deaths
Uganda on Tuesday announced the closure of parliament for 14 days as a second wave of COVID-19 continues to devastate…
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AU, World Bank to support COVID-19 vaccination for 400 million Africans
Uganda on Tuesday announced the closure of parliament for 14 days as a second wave of COVID-19 continues to devastate…
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Brazil mourns 500,000 COVID-19 deaths since start of pandemic
Memorial events for people who succumbed to COVID-19 were held across Brazil the past few days as the country’s death…
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Alzheimer’s and Dementia: what are they & how critical are they?
Alzheimer’s is a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s…
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Denmark delivers coronavirus vaccines to Kenya
Kenya has received 358,000 doses of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine from Denmark. The doses were delivered by UNICEF to the…
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China administers 1B COVID-19 vaccine doses
More than 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China by Saturday, as the country is pushing…
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Uganda reports 1,584 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths ahead of Museveni’s national address
The surging number of COVID-19 cases and infections in the neighbouring Uganda has rattled the government with President Yoweri Museveni…
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