Health
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ECOWAS adopts common approach to address potential spread of COVID-19 virus
London, Feb. 17, 2020 (AltAfrica)– ECOWAS health ministers-ministers from the Economic Community of West African States have adopted a common ground to address the ... -
New generation African parents turn to parenting classes to raise children
London, Feb. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)- Parenting has become both a big problem and business every where in the world. Grace Okore was at work ... -
Egypt confirms first case of coronavirus infection in Africa
London, Feb. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egypt’s Health Ministry has confirmed the first case of the new virus in African country. In a statement Friday, Health ... -
Ghana, DR Congo, two others license mass Ebola vaccine production
London, Feb. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Four African countries-the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Burundi, Ghana and Zambia have licensed an Ebola vaccine, just 90 ... -
Nigerian govt offers N36m reward for Coronavirus, Lassa fever cure
London, Feb. 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The government of Nigeria has announced a N36m cash prize for any Nigerian that finds cure for coronavirus and Lassa ... -
Namibians abandon liquefied gas, coal for organic waste energy
London, Feb. 13, 2020 (AltAfrica)-NAMIBIAN entrepreneurs have found a way of reducing environmental damage by using organic waste as alternative energy, replacing liquefied gas ... -
Nigeria inaugurates three laboratories to diagnose coronavirus infection
London, Feb. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, on Tuesday in Kano, confirmed that three laboratories had been established at strategic ... -
Namibia sets up mobile hospital to contain deadly Coronavirus
London, Feb. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A mobile hospital has been set up outside the Hosea Kutako International Airport in Namibia for the immediate containment and ... -
Zimbabwe launches probe into allege sale of govt HIV drugs on black market
London, Feb. 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Some nurses and other hospital staff in Zimbabwe are diverting life-saving anti-retroviral drugs that are supposed to be dispensed for ...
