Africa’s road to a carbon-neutral future
By Daniel Plafker On August 9, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its most damning assessment yet of the world’s progress towards avoiding the most devastating impacts of human-caused climate change. In what more than 230 scientists called a ‘code red for humanity,’ the panel warned in unambiguous terms that the failure of the planet’s
Chinese doctors offer ray of hope for Rwandan patients at local hospital
By XINHUA Chinese medical doctors’ presence in Masaka Hospital, Masaka Sector in the city suburbs of the Rwandan capital Kigali is transforming the healthcare services in Rwanda by providing specialized medical care to Rwandan patients. “I am suffering from genital inflammation. I have been suffering from this disease for about one year and a half. The
Canada delivers more than 350,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Kenya
By Grace Kuria Kenya has on Thursday morning received 358,200 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses courtesy of the Canadian government. The donation is part of the 1.3 million doses Canada shipped to three African countries. Nigeria and Niger were the other two nations receiving doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. “This donation means those that have taken the
Uganda’s CPI down to 1.9 percent in August
By XINHUA Uganda’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), a main gauge for inflation, decreased to 1.9 percent in the year ending August 2021, down from 2.1 percent in July 2021, the country’s statistics agency said on Tuesday. The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) attributed the decrease to the reduction in transportation charges and low activities in recreation,
Ghana’s infectious disease center installs first arterial blood gas analyzer
By Jerry Omondi The Ghana Infectious Disease Center (GIDC) has installed its first Arterial Blood Gas Analyzer donated by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the support of the World Bank’s Pandemic Emergency Facility Fund. The analyzer boosts the West African nation’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic by providing optimum intensive care to critically ill patients.
Delta still dominant variant in S. Africa: scientists
By XINHUA The highly infectious Delta variant continued being the “dominant variant” in South Africa and the driver of the third wave, as the newly detected C.1.2 variant was present at very low levels, scientists said. “The Delta variant was still the most dominant variant with the new variant C.1.2 being detected at low frequency,” said