Africa: Making Covid Vaccines on the Continent - Advances and Sustainability Issues
[The Conversation Africa] The history of vaccine manufacturing capacity in Africa dates back to 1881, when Egypt's Vacsera company was established. Before the COVID pandemic was declared, there were eight African countries that, to our knowledge, had a record of vaccine manufacturing facilities. They were: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia (North Africa); Nigeria and Senegal (West Africa); Ethiopia (East Africa); and South Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 11, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Those Who Dare: Voices of Women in the MENA Region
This report states, “Women resort to clandestine abortions that have a rate higher than in the rest of the world and are responsible for around 9700 deaths each year. Only 47% of women in the MENA region have access to a contraceptive method, while this percentage is 57% worldwide.”
“MENA region is a very conservative region where religion and culture are very restrictive concerning women’s access to reproductive health. They are very conservative and restrict sexual relationships of women who are not married, even for married women it is not easy to talk about it openly.
“We realized the situation of women in...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - May 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Sania Farooqui Tags: Education Featured Gender Gender Violence Headlines Health Human Rights LGBTQ Middle East & North Africa Multimedia Poverty & SDGs Sustainability TerraViva United Nations Video Women in Politics Women's Health IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news
Commitment to African Medicines Agency Needs More Than Words
To date, 19 countries have already ratified the treaty. However, this number remains far short of the 55 AU member states and excludes some of the region’s power houses such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Senegal. Credit: Charles Mpaka/IPSBy Johnpaul Omollo and Taonga ChilalikaNAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG, Apr 29 2022 (IPS) Across Africa, local manufacturing and pharmaceutical companies are responding to the urgent need for locally produced medical products and technologies despite the existing regulatory challenges. We can support manufacturing capacity by expediting the establishment and operationalisation of t...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Johnpaul Omollo and Taonga Chilalika Tags: Africa Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
INDIA: Healthcare Inequities Exposed by COVID-19 Pandemic
Migrant labourers wait in queues in Kashmir in order to travel back to their homes. The second wave of COVID-19 in India has seen masses of people leave cities and towns to return to their rural homes. Credit: Umer Asif/IPSBy Ranjit DevrajNEW DELHI, Apr 29 2022 (IPS) Public health specialists say that an ongoing wrangle between the Indian government and the World Health Organization (WHO) over the COVID-19 death toll in this country is symptomatic of a long-ailing public health delivery system.
India has consistently challenged estimates published by leading scientific journals such as the Lancet, which placed the number o...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 29, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ranjit Devraj Tags: Asia-Pacific COVID-19 Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Our planet, our health: Tunisia celebrates World Health Day
HE the Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Mrabet and Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Ms Nayla Nawira Al-Qanji sign charter to address environmental health threats in Tunisia, accompanied by acting WHO Representative Ms Joumana George Hermez (far right)
21 April 2022 – On World Health Day, under the theme “Our planet, our health”, the WHO country office in Tunisia organized an event to advocate for renewed commitment to addressing environmental health threats.
The event was attended by HE the Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Mrabet and Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Ms Nayla Nawira Al-Qanji, with the parti...
Source: WHO EMRO News - April 21, 2022 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
How rife is Covid in YOUR holiday destination? Rates 1,000 TIMES higher in France than Morocco
EXCLUSIVE: France has recorded 1,746 cases per million people over the last week, while the figures for Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey are up to 1,300 times fewer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 19, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tunisia: Tunisia Covers 54% of Its Drug Needs With Local Industry
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia currently covers 54% of its drug needs through local industry and is working to reach a rate of 70% in the coming period, said Dr. Mariam Khrouf, Director of Pharmacy and Medicines at the Ministry of Public Health (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia ’s neighbours offer help to contain damage after fuel ship sank
Navies try to limit environmental harm after vessel carrying 750-1,000 tonnes went down near Gabes #gabes #navies #neighbours (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tunisia says countries offer help to tackle impact of fuel ship's sinking
Some countries have offered to help Tunisia prevent damage to the environment after a merchant ship carrying up to one thousand tonnes of oil sank off the coast of Gabes, the Tunisian defence... #gabes #defenceministry #tunisian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fuel ship sinks off Tunisia, threatening environmental disaster
Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tons of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two... #securitysources #gabes (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Tunisia: Lead-Based Paint Industry 'Does Not Care About Its Consumers' Health' - NGO
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The paint industry in Tunisia, particularly those who continue to manufacture lead-based household paints "do not care about the health of their consumers." (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 9, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia: Coronavirus - Sidi Bouzid Records 14 More Infection Cases
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Sidi Bouzid recorded 14 more coronavirus infection cases in the last 24 hours. This takes overall COVID-19 cases in the region to 39,720, since the spread of the pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia: Only 6,615 People Received Third Dose From March 15 to 21
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Health Ministry figures released Tuesday show 6,615 third COVID-19 vaccine doses were given in the period from March 15 to 21. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 23, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia: 'Tunisia Can be Proud of Its Progress in Covid-19 Response' - WHO DG
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "Tunisia can be proud of its progress in the COVID-19 response" World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia: Coronavirus - Bizerte Records Seven More Infections
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Bizerte recorded 7 more coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, after the results of 189 laboratory tests were released. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 22, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
