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The World Health Organization says Africa’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccine is being hampered by supply shortages and delays in planned deliveries. To date, the WHO reports 4.3 million cases of COVID-19 in Africa, including 114,000 deaths.A few countries a...
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April 8, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services, Medical
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Islamic extremists have killed four U.N. peacekeepers in Mali, the U.N. mission in Mali said Friday. The incident occurred at the peacekeepers' camp in Aguelhok, in the northern part of the country. The camp is home to mostly Chadian peacekeepers. Heli...
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April 2, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services, Medical
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A new study warns developing countries will have difficulty recovering from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic without relief from crushing debt burdens keeping them mired in poverty. The U.N. Development Program (UNDP) is releasing the st...
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April 1, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services
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A man in Africa who developed Ebola despite receiving a vaccine recovered but suffered a relapse nearly six months later that led to 91 new cases before he died. The report adds to evidence that the deadly virus can lurk in the body long after symptoms...
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April 1, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services, Medical
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It is hard to see COVID-19 here, in the small village of KaMatsamo. Goats pick their way through a path that runs from the highway, the main thoroughfare in this South African town of some 23,000 people. On a recent day, most residents were not diligen...
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March 31, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services
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