As COVID-19 Cases Rise, African Countries Grapple with Safely Easing Lockdowns
This article, originally published in UN’s Africa Renewal, has been updated to reflect the number of confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths as of 29 June.
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By African Development BankJun 15 2020 (IPS-Partners) The African Development Bank has responded swiftly to the needs of its member countries during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
The Bank’s operations have continued to run smoothly since the first cases appeared in early March, despite the wide range of lockdowns and measures imposed by governments to flatten the curve.
The COVID-19 pandemic is forecast to cause Africa’s GDP to drop by between $22.1 billion and $88.3 billion.
African countries, with the experience of having fought off Ebola, are working to adapt to this new threat and looking to the Bank for an effec...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 15, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: African Development Bank Tags: Africa Aid Economy & Trade Health Source Type: news
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Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Awarded for Its Engagement in the Prevention of NCDs
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[WHO] Cabo Verde began the process of conducting its Joint External Evaluation (JEE) to assess its capacity to implement the International Health Regulations (IHR - 2005). This exercise will enable the identification of good practices and opportunities for continuous improvement aiming at strengthening the essential capacities needed for the country to face situations of public health risks and emergencies, based on the One Health approach. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Cape Verde: Cabo Verde Sets the Bar for Ending Mother-to-Child Transmission of Viral Hepatitis
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 17, 2019 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Cabo Verde Shows Us the Health Care Progress We Want to See Across Africa
[WHO] Cabo Verde, a small nation of 10 islands in the Atlantic Ocean has made giant strides in health care provision. When the country first gained independence in 1975, there were only 13 doctors on the islands, the average life expectancy was 56 years, and the infant mortality rate was high, at 108 deaths per 1 000 births. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
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Africa: Cape Verde Gives Pointers on Achieving Universal Health Coverage
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Africa: Diseases Cost Africa U.S.$2.4 Trillion a Year - WHO
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Africa: Strong System, Financing 'Key' for Zambian Universal Health Coverage
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