Approved COVID-19 vaccines and countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination, Department for Transport and DHSC (updated 7th December 2021)
Approved vaccines and list of countries and territories with approved COVID-19 proof of vaccination for travel to England.
7 December 2021Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia and Ukraine can use EU DCC to add proof of vaccination status in the UK passenger locator form.
22 November 2021Belarus, Bolivia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, the Faroe Islands, Laos, Libya, Malawi, Mozambique, Samoa, Senegal, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe added to the list of countries and territories with approved proof of vaccination for travel to England. Sinovac-CoronaVac, Sinopharm Beijing and Covaxin ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - December 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Senegal registers its first cases of the omicron variant
Senegal has recorded its first cases of the coronavirus omicron variant (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Senegal registers first case of coronavirus omicron variant
Senegal has recorded its first case of the coronavirus omicron variant (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 5, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Inequality is Set to Kill Millions – “We Have to Fight it Together.”
The UN commemorated World Aids Day on 30 November. Credit: UNAIDSBy Winnie ByanyimaGENEVA, Dec 1 2021 (IPS) This week I called out to the world to warn them that inequalities are making us all unsafe. I noted starkly our new analysis that we face millions of additional AIDS deaths – 7.7 million in the next decade alone – as well continued devastation from pandemics, unless leaders address the inequalities which drive them. We have to treat this threat as an emergency, as a red alert.
To end AIDS, we need to act with far more urgency to tackle these inequalities. And it’s not just AIDS. All pandemics take root in, an...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 1, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Winnie Byanyima Tags: Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Global Headlines Health Inequity Population Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
New Approach Helps Nursing and Midwifery Schools in Mali Improve Curricula and Achieve Accreditation
November 29, 2021Eight nursing and midwifery schools in Mali—a country that has long experienced ashortage of qualified nurses and midwives—are now accredited and using a competency-based approach curriculum, compared to only three schools in 2017.Thanks to a partnership between IntraHealth International and Mali’s Ministry of Health and Social Development, the number of accredited nursing and midwifery schools has more than doubled and 829 more nursing and midwifery students are benefitting from a high-quality education, improving the quality of the health workforce in Mali.A new report—Accreditati...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 29, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Mali Mali Human Resources for Health Strengthening Activity Education & Performance Health workforce development Health Workers Source Type: news
Ongoing Pandemic Push Africa ’s Children Out of School
Quality, safe, gender-responsive and inclusive education for Africa’s children increasingly out of reach, say experts. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPSBy Joyce ChimbiNairobi, Nov 24 2021 (IPS) Kenya’s secondary schools’ administration has been in the eye of a storm since schools reopened in October 2021. Since then, students have set on fire 35 schools and counting, forcing the government to announce an unscheduled break from school – ahead of the planned December 23 closing.
Sarah Kitana, a secondary school teacher in Kathiani, Machokos County, tells IPS that fewer students are in classrooms after a year of COVID-19-drive...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 24, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Armed Conflicts COVID-19 Development & Aid Education Featured Gender Health Human Rights Inequity Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations #Covid19 #SDG4 Source Type: news
More Mothers and Babies in Senegal Gain Access to High-Quality Health Services through Neema
November 22, 2021Over the past five years, more than 1.7 million children under five in Senegal received nutrition services through IntraHealth International’s USAID-fundedIntegrated Service Delivery– Healthy Behaviors Project—called Neema. The program also helped over 80% of health facilities in seven regions build functional referral systems to connect community members to services at nearby health facilities; made family planning services available to more people, resulting in 675,000 years of protection from unwanted pregnancies for couples through contraceptives; and monitored the grow...
Source: IntraHealth International - November 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Senegal Neema Family Planning & Reproductive Health Maternal, Newborn, Child Health Noncommunicable Diseases Nutrition Community Engagement Education Performance Leadership and Governance Community Health Workers Source Type: news
Senegal: Blinken to Highlight Local Vaccine Production in Senegal
[VOA] Dakar, Senegal -- COVID-19 vaccines didn't become widely available in Senegal until the end of March 2021, months later than many other countries. Since then, Senegal has depended on outside donations to maintain its stock, which on several occasions has been depleted. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Blinken Arrives in Kenya to Begin Africa Visit: Live Updates
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kenya to push for a diplomatic resolution to the civil war in neighboring Ethiopia. He is also scheduled to travel this week to Nigeria and Senegal. #antonyblinken #secretaryofstate #blinkenarrives #civilwar #beginafrica (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 17, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Senegal: On the Frontlines of Diabetes Fight in Senegal
[WHO-AFRO] Dakar -- Senegal, like many African countries, is bearing an increasing heavy diabetes burden. While efforts are being made to improve prevention, care and treatment, Professor Ma ïmouna Ndour Mbaye, head of the Internal Medicine unit, Cheikh Anta Diop University of Dakar and director of the country's national Diabetes Centre, notes that stepping up diabetes control in Senegal starts with a strong national programme. The response must involve all the sectors of the society u p to individuals who have a crucial p (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa's 'Great Green Wall' shifts focus to hold off desert
KEBEMER, Senegal — The idea was striking in its ambition: African countries aimed to plant trees in a nearly 5,000-mile line spanning the entire continent, creating a natural barrier to hold back... #greatgreenwall #shifts #climatechange #kebemer #saharadesert (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 13, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sierra Leone: Senegal Medics Arrive in Sierra Leone to Help Treat Tanker Blast Victims
[East African] The first batch of foreign healthcare specialists expected to help Sierra Leone treat victims of last week's deadly tanker explosion have arrived in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 12, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Radical Relook at Drug Policies Puts Human Rights into Equation
A new analysis of global drug policies looks at how countries’ drug policies and implementation align with the UN principles of human rights, health and development. Credit: Michael Longmire/UnsplashBy Ed HoltBRATISLAVA, Nov 9 2021 (IPS) A “radically innovative” new analysis of global drug policies has laid bare the full impact repressive drug laws and their implementation have on millions of people worldwide, civil society groups behind its creation have said.
The inaugural Global Drug Policy Index (GDPI) www.globaldrugpolicyindex.net, developed by the Harm Reduction Consortium (HRC) – a collaboration of civ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 9, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ed Holt Tags: Crime & Justice Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Humanitarian Emergencies Inequity TerraViva United Nations #Crime&Justice #HumanRights Drugs Source Type: news
Vanessa Nakate Wants Climate Justice for Africa
In October 2019, the Rotary Club of Bugolobi asked me to talk on the environment and climate change. I looked forward to the opportunity. It would be the first time as an activist that I’d be addressing Ugandan professionals, many of whom were my parents’ age (I’m 24). The audience would be civic-minded middle-class men and women who could raise awareness about the climate crisis and put pressure on the government and the private sector. Or they could do exactly the opposite: resist any change they perceived as slowing down what they considered “development” or “progress,” and dism...
Source: TIME: Science - October 28, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Vanessa Nakate Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything Cover Story Excerpt feature healthscienceclimate Magazine Source Type: news
Africa: Rwanda and Senegal Will Host Africa's First Covid-19 Vaccine Plants - What's Known So Far
[The Conversation Africa] The lack of vaccine production capacity in African countries has been the subject of much concern and hand-wringing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. It has become a particularly hot topic because of the gravely unequal access to COVID-19 vaccines between developed and developing countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 28, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news
