The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa stood at 1,293,048 on Monday as the continent continues to see a rise in infections. Figures from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the continent had also reported 31,082 deaths. Some countries on the continent have seen a recent decline in new infections…
Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany conducted their first Video Conference Summit of Merck Foundation First Ladies Initiative (MFFLI) on 31st August 2020 to define and follow up on different joint programs that aims to advance public healthcare sector capacity and strengthen the response to COVID 19 in their countries. The MFFLI VC Summit 2020 was hosted by Prof. Dr….
Dozens of hippopotamuses are stuck in a shrinking pool of mud and water in a game reserve in Namibia and are at risk of dying of hunger and thirst, the Daily News online publication reported on Saturday. The pool, in the Wuparo Conservancy about 900 km (600 miles)northeast of the capital Windhoek, was fed from…
Kenya’s tea exports in the first seven months of the year declined marginally, pulled down by the outbreak of COVID-19, a new report released on Saturday reveals. The report from the Agriculture Food Authority’s Tea Directorate shows that exports stood at 289 million kilos between January and July, a decline from 293 million kilos in…
Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir smashed the world record for the half marathon in women-only races on Saturday, completing a 21.1-kilometer course in Prague in one hour 05.34 minutes. The 26-year-old shattered the previous record of 1:06:11, set by Netsanet Gudeta of Ethiopia in the women-only event at the World Half Marathon Championships in 2018. The overall…
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) on Friday donated medical supplies worth more than 85 million South Sudanese Pounds (5.2 million U.S. dollars) to boost the East African nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Alain Noudehou, humanitarian coordinator in South Sudan, said the 70 tons of the medical goods were procured by the WHO using funds…
Accra, Ghana & Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Merck Foundation CEO, Rasha Kelej, featured in the list of 100 Most Influential African Women 2020, by Avance Media as part of “Be a Girl” Initiative for her efforts to build health care capacity in Africa and to empower girls in education to help them reach their potential and…
The Nigerian government is set to establish a center for artificial intelligence and robotics to achieve a robust digital economy, according to an official statement made available to Xinhua on Thursday. The proposed state-of-the-art facility is for emerging technologies in the areas of networking, research development, information, and communication security, said the statement issued by…
Four gunmen were killed when Nigerian troops carried out a raid on a suspected hideout of bandits in the northern state of Kaduna, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The operation, which was carried out on Wednesday, is in continuation of the “sustained offensive against armed bandits and other criminal elements in the country,” said…
Kenya recorded 212 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday from 3,937 samples tested in the past 24 hours, Health CAS Rashid Aman announced. Dr Aman also said that another 195 patients had recovered from the disease during the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 20,644.The death toll in the country stands at 585…
