Seychelles: 6 Ways to Protect Yourself From Covid-19 in Seychelles This Holiday Season
[Seychelles News Agency] Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19 cases are surging in some parts of the world as more transmissible variants become dominant. The Ministry of Health said it is therefore essential to be vaccinated as soon as you can and to continue the protective measures that also help to prevent transmission. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 24, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Central Bank of Seychelles Maintains Interest Rates At 2 Percent Amidst Covid Uncertainty
[Seychelles News Agency] The Central Bank of Seychelles has decided to maintain its monetary policy rate at 2 percent for the first quarter of 2022 as the global economy remains uncertain with the emergence of the new COVID-19 Omicron variant, said a top official on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 22, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Health Officials in Seychelles Asking 50,000 Residents to Get 3rd Covid-19 Vaccine Dose
[Seychelles News Agency] Health authorities are calling on about 50,000 eligible people in Seychelles who have taken two doses of COVID-19 vaccines to get a third booster dose. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 17, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Candles Lit in Seychelles to Remember World Aids Day
[Seychelles News Agency] Participants in a workshop to mark World AIDS Day on Wednesday lit candles and set them afloat in a pool at the Savoy Resort and Spa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 1, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Seychelles Removed From List of Countries Not Allowed to Enter Australia
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles has been removed from the list of countries whose residents are not allowed to enter Australia because of concerns over the COVID-19 Omicron variant, which has not been detected in the island nation, the tourism department said on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 1, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Uganda: Seychelles Needs More Ugandan Teachers, Doctors
[Monitor] Seychelles needs more Ugandan teachers (for Sciences) and doctors, and has the potential to import agricultural products such as fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products, Uganda's high commissioner to Seychelles, Dr Hassan Wasswa Galiwango has revealed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 25, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Seychelles Again Opens Doors to All Countries, Dropping 5 From the Restricted List
[Seychelles News Agency] Attention all visitors: You're again welcome in Seychelles. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Hungary's Foreign Minister Offers Drug Rehab Training to Seychelles' Health Experts
[Seychelles News Agency] Health practitioners from Seychelles will receive training in Hungary in December under renewed bilateral cooperation between the two countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 10, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Indian Ocean Commission Donations Help Seychelles Increase Medical Preparedness
[Seychelles News Agency] Health workers in the Seychelles will be better equipped to deal with patients who have contracted the COVID-19 virus after receiving a second batch of equipment from the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Creole Festival Returns to Seychelles On a Smaller Scale Due to Covid-19
[Seychelles News Agency] Seychelles will celebrate the 36th edition of the Creole Festival this year on a smaller scale in view of the restrictions on large gatherings amid COVID-19, said the Mayor of Victoria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 11, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Seychelles' Top Health Official Recommends Third Dose Against Covid-19
[Seychelles News Agency] People in Seychelles who have taken both doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 at least six months ago are being encouraged to come forward to take a third dose in a bid to boost their immune response against the virus. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 7, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Fundamental Changes Needed at UN Summit to Tackle Global Food Insecurity
Discussion of such issues, alongside such products’ environmental impacts, have been minimised as part of the Summit process. Was that to avoid Big Food’s’ discomfort at discussing the most unhealthy and unsustainable foods? UN organisations and their staff are well aware of such issues but have been pressured to “come to the table” with companies they know are more interested in driving shareholder value than contributing to sustainability and public health. Such companies have a history of unethical marketing of unhealthy foods to children, or persuading poor mothers not to breastfeed. Fortunately, there are ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - September 20, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Nick Nisbett - Lesli Hoey - Graziano da Silva Tags: Climate Change Editors' Choice Featured Food and Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition Global Headlines Health IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news

Seychelles: 60-Bed Field Hospital From Qatar Opens - a Back-Up Facility for Covid Cases
[Seychelles News Agency] A new 60-bed field hospital that will be used if Seychelles' current facilities become overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients was officially opened on Saturday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 19, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: Seychelles Football Federation League Play to Start November 20 - Spectator Issue Being Debated
[Seychelles News Agency] The Seychelles Football Federation has confirmed that the 2021/22 league season will start on November 20 after a revision of COVID-19 restrictions which allow for competitive team sports to take place without spectators. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 18, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Seychelles: 5 Ways Covid-19 Pushed Seychelles to Innovate for the Better
[Seychelles News Agency] COVID-19 will go down in modern history as being the pandemic that forced mankind to adapt to the new normal, including social and physical distancing. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - September 16, 2021 Category: African Health Source Type: news