News at a glance: AI rules for Europe, vaccines for Africa, and a union for NIH early-career researchers
HEALTH EQUITY
A billion-dollar boost for vaccinemaking in Africa
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has committed up to $1 billion to bolster Africa’s ability to sustainably produce its own doses of lifesaving vaccines. Manufacturers based in Africa produce only 1% of the vaccine doses used on the continent. Last week, Gavi announced that with money left over from the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility—an effort to provide an equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines—it would create the African Vaccine Manufacturing Accelerator (AVMA) to focus on preventing 11 priority infectious diseases. As ...
Source: ScienceNOW - December 14, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Tanzania: 'Devise Health Insurance Products for Low Income Earners'
[Daily News] TANZANIA: The government has urged private sector stakeholders to devise innovative health insurance products targeting low income earners. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 12, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Honeyguide birds respond to distinct calls of local human honey hunters
Honeyguide birds respond differently to the distinct calls of groups of human honey hunters, according to new research. Why it matters: Humans have a huge impact on other species. Understanding how other animals cope with their presence could provide insights about the potential for humans and…#brianwood #tanazania #hadza #mozambique #honeyguides #science #clairespottiswoode #tanzania #hazda (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
In Africa, Blockchain And Crypto Hold The Keys To Economic Growth
Africa is well on its way to becoming a hub for Web3 and crypto development, with a thriving startup ecosystem backed by a population that has shown tons of enthusiasm for the idea of decentralized money. Blockchain and crypto are playing important roles in Africa’s digital transformation, and…#africa #african #nigeria #kenya #southafrica #tanzania #elsalvador #cvvc #congo #jambo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A stakeholder analysis of the road transport system in Tanzania using a STAMP control structure - Katopola D, Mashili F, Hasson H, Hasselberg M.
This study aims to identify roles and relationships of road transport stakeholders and to explore the understanding of control and feedback mechanisms and associated gaps influenci... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - December 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
How to avoid a green-metals crunch
E more metals. In recent months Britain has inked a deal with Zambia, Japan has sealed one with Namibia and the has shaken hands with Chile. The bloc’s negotiators also started talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo; America’s, meanwhile, visited Mongolia. This scattershot campaign, which is…#zambia #namibia #chile #mongolia #philippines #saudiarabia #economist #quick #tanzania #huwmckay (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Saudi Arabia ranks among top 20 countries in Circular Carbon Economy Index by KAPSARC
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia ranks among the top 20 countries in the 2023 Circular Carbon Economy Index, with most countries improving their index scores from the previous year, but the substantial gap remains between the top and the bottom. During COP28, the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research…#saudiarabia #riyadh #norway #cce #netherlands #fatihyilmaz #kapsarc #ethiopia #uganda #tanzania (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global Times: TV drama'Welcome to Milele' represents decades-old China-Africa medical aid cooperation
BEIJING, Dec. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This year marks the 60th anniversary since China sent its first medical team to aid Algeria on April 6, 1963. Over the past six decades, China has dispatched over 30,000 medical professionals to 76 countries and regions across the world. Currently, Chinese…#beijing #algeria #africa #african #milele #tanzania #liangzhenhua #globaltimes #swahili #milelevillage (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Sickle Cell Therapies Will Be Out of Reach Where They Are Needed Most
Nasra Gwoto, 10, and her brother, Ramadhani, 12, traveled with their mother from Tanzania to India to get a bone-marrow transplant for sickle cell disease. The procedure is risky, and their mother wishes they could have received a new gene therapy instead. There is no clear path for African…#nasragwoto #tanzania #african #lyfgenia #bluebirdbio #vertex #saudiarabia #africa #whatsapp #shanimgaraganza (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 9, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Africa: Africa's First HIV Vaccine Trial Fails
[allAfrica] Harare -- An experimental HIV vaccine trial conducted in South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda was prematurely terminated due to preliminary findings indicating the vaccine would not be successful in preventing infection, Reuters reports. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 8, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV-Aids and STDs East Africa Health and Medicine South Africa Southern Africa Tanzania Uganda Source Type: news
HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing initial results
African-led trial ended a year early as researchers conclude there is ‘little or no chance’ new combination vaccines cut HIV riskThefirst trial in Africa of two combination vaccines to prevent HIV has been halted after researchers concluded it was not working.The pre-exposure prophylaxis vaccine (PrEPVacc) was being tested on 1,500 people aged between 18 and 40 in Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Samuel Okiror in Kampala Tags: Global development Aids and HIV Society Global health Uganda Tanzania South Africa Vaccines and immunisation World news Medical research Science Source Type: news
Tanzania: How China Is Helping Zanzibar Control Schistosomiasis
[Daily News] ON November 1, 2023, Zanzibaris, particularly residents in Pemba celebrated the launch of the first-ever, 'China-Aid schistosomiasis surveillance Centre in Zanzibar', with Mr Zhang Zhisheng, the Chinese Consul General in Zanzibar and Nassor Ahmed Mazrui, the Zanzibar Minister of Health officiating the colourful event. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 7, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Asia, Australia, and Africa East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
Electrifying Cooking: Decarbonizing Africa ’s Electricity Grid Towards Net Zero
Discussions around climate, clean energy, and women’s empowerment must find space in such high-level forums if there is to be any meaningful progress towards net zero.”
Muigai was speaking on the sidelines of a session dubbed ‘Electrifying Cooking: A Just Journey Toward Net Zero’ at the ongoing COP28 Summit in Dubai, UAE. As climate change increasingly becomes the most pressing issue facing humankind today, countries are urged to pursue ambitious climate actions towards net zero—the cutting of greenhouse gas emissions to as close to zero as possible, with any remaining emissions re-absorbed from the atmosphe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Joyce Chimbi Tags: Africa Biodiversity Civil Society Climate Action Climate Change Climate Change Justice COP28 Development & Aid Editors' Choice Featured Food and Agriculture Global Headlines Health Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva Unit Source Type: news
Tanzania: Four People Have Died of Cholera in Missenyi District
[Daily News] Kagera -- KAGERA: KAGERA Regional Commissioner (RC), Ms Fatma Mwassa has said that the Cholera has been confirmed to have hit Missenyi District in the region with four deaths confirmed so far. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 5, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Tanzania Source Type: news
