London, Jan. 26, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organization (WHO) issued fresh clinical advice on Tuesday for treating COVID patients, including those displaying persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it advised using low-dose anti-coagulants to prevent blood clots. “The other things in the guidance that are new are that COVID patients at home should have ...

London, Jan. 23, 2021 (AltAfrica)-COVAX, the global initiative to ensure rapid and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines for all countries, has announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement for new 140 million doses of vaccines Of the new purchase agreement, 40 million doses will come from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine candidate, which has already received ...

London, Jan. 12, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Four leading international health and humanitarian organizations have announced the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile to ensure rapid and immediate outbreak response.  The stockpile will allow countries, with the support of humanitarian organizations, to contain future Ebola epidemics by ensuring timely access to vaccines for populations at risk during ...

London, Jan. 12, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Despite vaccines against COVID-19 being rolled out in a number of countries, the World Health Organization warned Monday that herd immunity and normalcy would not be achieved this year. Countries across the globe are looking forward to vaccines finally allowing a return to normality in the months ahead. But the WHO’s ...

London, Jan. 1, 2021 (AltAfrica)-The World Health Organisation on Thursday listed the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech for emergency use, saying the move opens the door for countries to expedite their own approvals to import and give the shot. Once a vaccine has been listed for WHO emergency use, the United Nations health agency ...

London, Dec. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Cases of the new covid variant spreading rapidly in the UK have been confirmed in Denmark, Italy, Gibraltar, the Netherlands and Australia France and South Africa also believe they have cases of the mutation – known as VUI-202012/01 French health minister Olivier Veran said it is “entirely possible” the new variant is already circulating ...

London, Dec. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The Director of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Research Innovation Platform, Professor Tulio De Oliviera, has confirmed that a new variant of the coronavirus has been identified in South Africa and it is spreading rapidly. This comes as the second wave of the coronavirus sweeps over the country. Professor De Oliviera was part of the ...

London, Dec. 19, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Poorer countries will begin to receive coronavirus vaccination doses early next year from a facility created to ensure fair access, the World Health Organization and its partners said Friday. Almost two billion doses of candidate vaccines have been secured for the Covax facility, run by the WHO along with the Gavi vaccine alliance ...

London, Nov. 17, 2020 (AltAfrica)-194 countries have signed up to the global strategy of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to accelerate the elimination of Cervical Cancer The Global Strategy to Accelerate the Elimination of Cervical Cancer launched today by WHO which outlined three key steps: vaccination, screening and treatment. Successful implementation of all three could ...

London, Nov. 2, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Tedros Adhanom, the director-general of the World Health Organisation has said he is isolating after being identified as a contact of someone who tested positive for coronavirus. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was “well and without symptoms” but would still self-quarantine “over the coming days, in line with WHO protocols” and ...