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Guinea Receives Ebola Vaccine, Neighbors Prepare  

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 web desk

BAMAKO – West African countries are taking steps to prevent a regional outbreak of Ebola after the deadly virus killed at least five people in Guinea.

As Guinea launched an Ebola vaccination drive Tuesday, after an outbreak in the West …

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For France and Sahel Partners, Many Ideas Emerging But No Clear Strategy

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 web desk

PARIS – Less than a week after a key summit gathering of France and its five regional military partners in the Sahel conflict, fresh casualties in Niger offered a reality check to the high-level discourse on achievements.

Killed in a …

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International Red Cross Issues Emergency Appeal to Halt New Ebola Outbreak in West Africa

February 22, 2021February 26, 2021 web desk

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is appealing for $9.4 million to fund efforts to prevent a new Ebola outbreak from spreading across West Africa.

The IFRC said Monday the money will be used to step …

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Ebola Expert Calls for Vigilance Amid Outbreaks

February 22, 2021February 26, 2021 web desk

With the Ebola virus flaring in the Democratic Republic of Congo and a new outbreak in Guinea, Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum is worried.

“This is a great concern for us, especially since the COVID and Ebola crises are occurring” simultaneously, …

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Why Ebola is back in Guinea and why the response must be different this time

February 21, 2021February 26, 2021 web desk

Jacqueline Weyer Senior Medical Scientist, National Institute for Communicable Diseases

New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola outbreak reported to date — 28,000 …

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UNICEF Somalia Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1, Reporting Period: 1 January to 31 January 2021

February 21, 2021February 26, 2021 web desk

Highlights

  • The child protection programme reached 7,264 people with mental health and psychosocial support services, of whom 72 per cent were children.
  • UNICEF and implementing partners provided essential health services, through out-patient clinic consultations to 16,133 children under-5 years and
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UN Alarmed by Atrocities by Armed Groups in Eastern DRC

February 20, 2021February 25, 2021 web desk

GENEVA – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR says it is alarmed by atrocities committed by armed groups against civilians in Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The agency is reporting killings …

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Israel Unveils Real-world Pfizer Data, ‘Green Badge’ 

February 20, 2021February 25, 2021 web desk

Israelis who have received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine saw their risk of illness from the coronavirus drop 98.5% and their risk of hospitalization drop 98.9%, the country’s Health Ministry said Saturday.

The ministry’s findings came from data collected …

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Africa’s Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000

February 19, 2021February 20, 2021 web desk

The coronavirus death toll on the African continent surpassed 100,000 on Friday, as African countries struggled to obtain vaccines to counteract the pandemic.

South Africa alone accounts for nearly half of the confirmed deaths in Africa with 48,859, according to …

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