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Judith Haltebaye, a midwife with 15 years of experience, has spent the past seven years serving at the Abena-Atetip Health Centre in central N’Djamena. Over the years, she has supported hundreds of women throughout their pregnancies and beyond. For some, her care involves highly specific follow-ups, as in the case of 34-year-old Menodjie, who is living with HIV.
President William Ruto has issued a stern warning to contractors delaying the implementation of key government projects in Kenya, APA learnt on Monday.
he U.S. Embassy, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is helping address cholera in South Sudan.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern over the ongoing malaria epidemic in Ethiopia with the Horn African nation reporting 8.4 million cases since the beginning of this year.
Anna had been diagnosed with mpox, a viral disease that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on 14 August 2024.
A shipment of 11,200 doses, donated by the United States of America and facilitated by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, have been shipped to Abuja, Nigeria, with delivery in the country expected on Friday, December 20, 2024.
The aim of these emerging economies is to facilitate access to these medicines, which are currently very expensive.
The death toll from mpox has surged to over 1,200 as the number of cases reported so far this year in Africa has surpassed 65,000, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).
A mystery disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s southwestern region has claimed 79 lives, the country’s health authorities have…
The number of African countries affected by mpox has reached 20 as more than 59,000 cases of the disease have…