epidemic

After Head Start On Coronavirus, Africa Begins Clampdown

March 17, 2020 5:04 pm

African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness.

Here is a snapshot of the situation on a continent plagued by weak health systems and shortages of doctors and hospital beds, but where many countries have top-level expertise in fighting contagious disease.

– Slow to arrive, but now spreading –

The first case in Africa was recorded in Egypt on February 14, and by early March there were only two more cases in Algeria and Nigeria.

Experts initially …

Coronavirus: No Country Will Be Spared, Warns WHO

February 28, 2020 4:08 am

All countries need to prepare to combat the deadly coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced to contain the epidemic’s rapid global spread.

With new infections reported around the world now surpassing those in mainland China, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said even rich nations should prepare.

“No country should assume it won’t get cases, that would be a fatal mistake, quite literally,” Tedros said, pointing to Italy, where 17 people have died in Europe’s worst outbreak.

In addition to stockpiling medical supplies, governments ordered schools shut and canceled big gatherings, including …

Scramble To Contain Coronavirus As Infections Spread

February 26, 2020 4:39 pm

Coronavirus cases spread in Europe and beyond on Wednesday, with Latin America confirming its first patient as the world scrambled to contain the epidemic that has killed thousands worldwide.

New cases have emerged across Europe, many linked to the continent’s coronavirus hotspot in northern Italy, amid warnings from health experts to rein in hysteria as the virus continues its march beyond China’s borders.

AFP / ATTA KENAREIn Iran, which has reported 15 deaths out of nearly 100 infections, even the country’s deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi said he had contracted the virus

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Aliyu Gambo: Nigeria Will End AIDS Epidemic By 2030

December 1, 2019 5:29 am

Nigeria earlier this year, launched a report which showed the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the country has reduced from 3.5 million persons in 2005 to 1.9 million people by 2018. In an exclusive interview Martins Ifijeh, the Director General, National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Dr. Aliyu Gambo said by 2030, Nigeria will be AIDS free. He also warned employees from asking for HIV tests from their staff, among other sundry issues

What is the situation of HIV/AIDS fight in Nigeria?

We will say the situation is good at the moment. We didn’t know since the …