Tanzania’s Health Officials In Trouble Over Dubious Drugs Procurement Deals
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — Tanzania anti-corruption officials are investigating loss of Tanzanian shillings 27 million(US$11.5 million) allegedly swindled by unscrupulous health officials accused of flouting procurement rules when purchasing...
Tanzania, Burundi Shun COVID-19 Vaccines
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — As nations worldwide are banking on COVID-19 vaccines to quash the deadly Coronavirus, Tanzania and Burundi have rejected the badly needed jabs, a move...
Tanzanians Raise Eyebrow Over $100 COVID Screening Fee
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Cancer Outpacing Zimbabwe’s Top Killer Diseases
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Zimbabwe’s Cross Border Truck Drivers Smuggling COVID-19 Cases
Chirundu — Outside Chirundu border post which stands out at Chirundu, a border town between Zimbabwe and Zambia, a fleet of haulage trucks loaded to the brim with various...
Zimbabwe’s Health Minister In Charge Despite Reports Of Expulsion
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Tanzania President Orders Reopening Of Schools Despite Coronavirus Threat
Dar es Salaam, June 17 — Despite a looming threat of the Coronavirus pandemic in East Africa, Tanzania President, John Magufuli has ordered reopening of all schools across the...
Nigeria Sees Rising Coronavirus Cases But Fears Of Underreporting Linger
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Secondary Impacts Of COVID-19 Threatens Children’s Lives Than The Disease Itself, Warns A New...
Nairobi, June 3 — As many as 30 million children’s lives are at risk from deadly diseases such as malaria, lack of immunization, or increased malnutrition, as health systems...
South Sudanese Activists in Sudan Support, Educate Poor Families on Coronavirus
Khartoum, June 1 — A group of youths from South Sudan in Khartoum the capital of Sudan undertook a voluntary awareness initiative called "The Winners Charitable Initiative."
According to their...
Kenyan Blood Banks Run Dry Amid COVID-19
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Campaigners hail Sudan’s move to criminalize female genital mutilation
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Tanzania’s President promotes steaming as alternative treatment for Coronavirus
MANYARA, TANZANIA — As nations worldwide enforce strict lockdown to quell the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Tanzania’s President John Magufuli, has advised people to use alternative remedies including...
Zimbabwe extends lockdown by two weeks
HARARE — Moved by the rising positive cases of the dreaded coronavirus, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa today extended the national lockdown against coronavirus by 14 days.
The Southern African nation’s...
Girls’ right campaigners cautiously welcome Tanzania move to allow pregnant girls back to school
ITUNDA, Tanzania — It is midday at Itunda, a tiny village in Tanzania’s southern highlands and Marietta Andrea* is perched awkwardly on a wooden stool, her protruding belly touching...
Africa’s Health Care Systems: The Continent’s Time to Rethink on its Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Plan
JOHANNESBURG/NAIROBI APRIL 4, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic is currently putting a lot of strain on Africa’s health systems beyond its limits in curbing the exponential spread of the...
Continued Floods In East Africa Threatening To Jeopardize Fight Against COVID-19 Spread
BUDALANGI April 5, 2020 — For 54-year-old Esther Anyango, who resides in Maduwa village nestled in the swampy Yala, an island within the Lake Victoria waters is not her...
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