WHO adopts landmark pandemic agreement
Geneva – The World Health Organization’s member states on Tuesday adopted a landmark Pandemic Agreement on tackling future health... Read more
21 May
Path cleared for WHO assembly to adopt pandemic agreement
Geneva – WHO’s annual assembly is expected to adopt a landmark agreement on tackling future pandemics on Tuesday, after... Read more
20 May
Sierra Leone reports more than 2,000 Mpox cases, 11 deaths
Freetown – The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit... Read more
14 May
Mpox outbreak in Africa was neglected – it could now turn into the next global pandemic
Wolfgang Preiser, Stellenbosch University; Cheryl Baxter, Stellenbosch University, and Jean Nachega, Stellenbosch University The mpox outbreak in Africa is... Read more
20 Aug, 2024
Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech set for UK court clash over Covid jab patents
London – A row between pharmaceutical firms Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech comes to court in London on Tuesday over patents for... Read more
23 Apr, 2024
Three years into Covid, are we ready for the next pandemic?
Paris – Three years after the first Covid case was identified in China, preparations to stave off the next... Read more
16 Dec, 2022
Negotiations on global pandemic treaty to start in February: WHO
Geneva – Negotiations on a draft global agreement to better combat the next pandemic will begin in February next... Read more
8 Dec, 2022
Deeply indebted Zambia gets $275 million from World Bank
Lusaka – The World Bank has approved $275 million in aid to debt-ridden Zambia to help it recover from... Read more
28 Oct, 2022
‘So much joy’: Brazil holds first carnival since Covid
Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro’s carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday... Read more
25 Apr, 2022
Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban
Lome – Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was... Read more
21 Apr, 2022
