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Dec
02
2020
By The African Mirror
Eswatini’s Prime Minister moved to South African hospital for coronavirus treatment

Eswatini’s Prime Minister moved to South African hospital for coronavirus treatment

COVID-19
ESWATINI Prime Minister Ambrose Dlamini, who tested positive for COVID-19 two weeks ago, has been transferred to a hospital in neighbouring South Africa for further treatment, the tiny absolute monarchy's government has announced. The country's Deputy Prime Minister, Themba Masuku, said in a statement Dlamini was moved to "guide and fast track his recovery". The southern African nation of around 1.2 million people has so far recorded 6,419 positive cases of the highly infectious respiratory disease, with 122 confirmed deaths, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). - Thomson Reuters Foundation.    
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Dec
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa -WHO

Malaria death toll to exceed COVID-19’s in sub-Saharan Africa -WHO

HEALTH
KATE KELLAND DEATHS from malaria due to disruptions during the coronavirus pandemic to services designed to tackle the mosquito-borne disease will far exceed those killed by COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization has warned. More than 409,000 people globally - most of them babies in the poorest parts of Africa - were killed by malaria last year, the WHO said in its latest global malaria report, and COVID-19 will almost certainly make that toll higher in 2020. "Our estimates are that depending on the level of service disruption (due to COVID-19) ... there could be an excess of…
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Dec
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Novavax sees start of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial in coming weeks after second delay

Novavax sees start of U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial in coming weeks after second delay

COVID-19
VACCINE maker Novavax Inc has pushed back the start of a U.S.-based, late-stage trial for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine and now expects it to begin in the coming weeks instead of November, the company has announced. It is the second time that Novavax, which already has a late-stage UK trial underway, has rescheduled the Phase 3 trial after first flagging an October start, hampered by issues in scaling up its manufacturing. Shares of the U.S.-based company, which lags behind larger rivals Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc in their COVID-19 vaccine development timelines, fell 6% on the latest delay. Novavax plans…
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Dec
01
2020
By The African Mirror
WHO worried COVID “amnesia” will lead to another pandemic

WHO worried COVID “amnesia” will lead to another pandemic

COVID-19
THE world risked future pandemics if it suffered "amnesia" and did not learn from the current coronavirus crisis, a World Health Organization's top emergency expert has warned. "I have seen the amnesia that seems to descend upon the world after a traumatic event, and that's understandable," Mike Ryan told a briefing in Geneva. "But if we do this again like we did after SARS, like we did after H5N1, like we did after H1N1 pandemic, if we continue to ignore the realities of what emerging and dangerous pathogens can do to our civilization, then we are likely to experience the…
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Dec
01
2020
By The African Mirror
Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

Q&A: Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

COVID-19
LARGE global trials of several COVID-19 vaccine candidates involving tens of thousands of participants are well underway with some having gathered sufficient data to seek emergency use authorisation. The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 1.45 million lives worldwide: Who is furthest along? U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE released a full late-stage trial data analysis on Nov. 18 that showed their shot was 95% effective at stopping COVID-19, the highest efficacy rate so far. U.S. pharmaceutical company Moderna released its…
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Nov
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Nurses are playing a bigger role than ever in the fight against HIV – they deserve more support

Nurses are playing a bigger role than ever in the fight against HIV – they deserve more support

HEALTH
THE World Health Organisation marked 2020 as the year of the nurse and the midwife. As this challenging year comes to a close, it is imperative to reflect on the resilience and impact of nurses in the fight against the HIV epidemic. JERRY JOHN NUTOR, Assistant Professor, Family Health Care Nursing, University of California, San Francisco The first cases of HIV were reported in 1981. Since then, nurses all over the world have been at the forefront of the fight against the epidemic. They have stepped up to provide skilled care for those infected and affected by the virus. An…
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Nov
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19

Battles won – and lost – against AIDS hold valuable lessons for managing COVID-19

COVID-19
WORLD AIDS Day this year finds us still deep amid another pandemic – COVID-19. LINDA-GAIL BEKKER, Professor of medicine and deputy director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre at the Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town The highly infectious novel coronavirus has swept across the world, devastating health systems and laying waste to economies as governments introduced drastic measures to contain the spread. Not since the HIV/AIDS pandemic of the 1990s have countries faced such a common health threat. This explains why UNAIDS has selected the theme “Global Solidarity, Shared Responsibility” for this year’s World…
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Nov
29
2020
By The African Mirror
Lockdown and young people living on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe

Lockdown and young people living on the streets of Harare, Zimbabwe

COVID-19
OZAYR PATEL, Digital Editor, The Conversation FOR many young people living on the streets, lockdown and the COVID-19 pandemic has made their situation worse. The city of Harare in Zimbabwe was no exception. Lockdown made it difficult for young people to find food and make money in the informal economy. Researchers set up a story map – a map with text, images and multimedia content – to hear their voices and understand their experiences. It’s part of a three-year project called Growing up on the Streets, which worked with young people living on the streets in three African cities (Accra,…
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Nov
28
2020
By The African Mirror
Managing HIV and diabetes together: South African patients tell their stories

Managing HIV and diabetes together: South African patients tell their stories

HEALTH
SOUTH Africa faces a quadruple burden of disease: HIV, tuberculosis (TB), non-communicable diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and injuries. South Africa has more people living with HIV than anywhere else in the world. Around 13.5% of the country’s total population has HIV. DR. EDNA N BOSIRE, Researcher, Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit (DPHRU) & DSI NRF Centre of Excellence in Human Development., University of the Witwatersrand Many of these patients are co-infected with TB and are also at risk of developing noncommunicable diseases. This can be attributed to a massive rise in noncommunicable diseases, including diabetes. Research shows…
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