Covid-19 – Govt to Inoculate 12 to 17-Year-Olds
Rwanda on Monday announced it was starting vaccination of teens under 18 years. This follows months of a mass vaccination campaign that targeted high-risk groups and those engaged in businesses to ensure the safe reopening of the economy. Past campaigns have prioritised people above 18 years with a focus on frontline and healthcare workers, elderly […]
Continent Nears 8.5 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
As of October 28, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,482,418 while over 114,086,034 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 217,588 and 7,837,454 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,920,581 and 89,049 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (945,201), Tunisia (712,139), Ethiopia (363,712), Libya (355,490), […]
President Kenyatta Lifts Nationwide Curfew
President Uhuru Kenyatta has lifted the dusk-to-dawn curfew that has been in effect since March last year. The curfew was initially imposed as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19 in the country. “I hereby order and direct the nationwide dusk-dawn curfew to be vacated with immediate effect,” he said as crowds responded […]
NGOs Scramble To Dampen COVID-19’s Impact On People Living With HIV
South African domestic worker Mabuyi Dlamini always dreaded the bumpy, day-long minibus journey she had to make each month to pick up her HIV medication from the nearest clinic in KwaZulu-Natal province. So when a mobile medical service carrying nurses, counsellors and supplies of antiretroviral drugs began visiting her district two years ago, she was […]
World Mental Health Day
On World Mental Health Day, 10 October, it will have been more than 18 months since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In some countries, life is returning to some semblance of normality; in others, rates of transmission and hospital admissions remain high, disrupting the lives of families and communities. In all countries, the pandemic […]
Covid-19 Condemns More Women To Unbearable Hardship
These are trying times for many Liberians particularly women who most times bear the economic burden of any form of crisis, and the COVID-19 crisis is no exception. The pandemic has caused a global economic crisis and Liberia, being one of the poorest in Sub-Sahara Africa, has not been spared its brunt. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
World Tourism Day
Tourism for inclusive growth The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive social and economic impact. Both developed and developing economies have been hit. And marginalized groups and the most vulnerable have been hit hardest of all. The restart of tourism will help kickstart recovery and growth. It is essential that the benefits this will bring […]
The Nigerian States Should Protect Girls by Ending Child Marriage
Over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria and the global pandemic has only made it harder for young people to stay in school. There have been dire consequences for girls, who are at risk of being married off. In a recent report, the World Bank found that Covid-19 lockdowns have increased the […]
More Women Giving Birth At Home Due to Covid-19
-More child bearing women and girls prefer home delivery over going to health facilities for safe delivery, stakeholders in the health sector have said. And this is largely due to fear of contracting the Covid-19 virus, they added. The situation is even worse in rural Liberia where access to health facility for women has always […]
Covid-19, Doctors’ Strike Combine to Render Sokoto Women Stranded
Many women couldn’t go for antenatal care and that the situation of child delivery in local health centres has equally been quite cumbersome. In the full glare of the afternoon sun, Rabiat Shafiu clung to her four-day-old daughter at the entrance of the emergency unit of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto. Nervous […]
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