The World Health Organisation Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged nations in the world to step up their political and financial investments to prevent future as he warned that the coronavirus will not be the last such pandemic. Ghebreyesus spoke on Monday during the launch of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) 2020 report. “This…
In Garrah village in the northern Egyptian province of Dakahlia, residents have long overcome unemployment through making and decorating glassware for domestic use. “You won’t find a single unemployed person in this village,” Abdullatif al-Behery, a worker at a glass decoration workshop in Garrah, told Xinhua. “Glassware making and decoration is almost the sole business…
The U.N. migration agency said Tuesday that a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, leaving at least two dozen people drowned or missing and presumed dead. This is the latest shipwreck off the North African country. Safa Msehli, a spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration, told The…
La Fondation Merck, la branche philanthropique de Merck KGaA Allemagne a organisé son premier Sommet de Vidéoconférence de l’Initiative des Premières Dames de la Fondation Merck (MFFLI) le 31 août 2020 pour définir et suivre les différents programmes conjoints qui vise à améliorer les capacités du secteur public de la santé et à renforcer la réponse au…
The National Center for Disease Control of Libya on Sunday reported 433 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country so far to 22,791. The center said in a statement that it received a total of 2,725 suspected samples, of which 433 tested positive, adding that 83 more patients have recovered and…
Asian and African markets opened higher Monday as investors creep back after a recent sell-off. The strong showing was buoyed by the resumption of trials of one the most advanced and promising coronavirus vaccines. British regulators gave AstraZeneca and Oxford University the go-ahead to push on following an investigation. AstraZeneca halted the trials last Friday…
At least 10 pupils have been killed and seven others injured after a fire burnt a dormitory to ashes at a primary school in Tanzania’s northwest region of Kagera, an official said on Monday. “The 10 victims were burnt beyond recognition and three of the seven injured pupils are in critical condition,” Marco Gaguti, Kagera…
Countries should join the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVAX vaccine facility by a Friday deadline to help ensure that immunizations are fairly and efficiently distributed, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. So far, 92 lower-income nations are seeking assistance via the COVAX facility, part of the WHO’s ACT Accelerator to boost the development…
Merck Foundation, 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…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly in Nigeria has approved surgical castration as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. State governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, who has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from repeating the offense, is required to sign the bill to become law in the state. This…
