Zimbabwe: Fair Draw for Mighty Warriors

[ad_1] Six-time COSAFA Women's Championship champions Zimbabwe have been handed a fair draw as they seek to re-establish themselves as a force in the regional football tournament. The competition is scheduled for Gqeberha, South Africa from October 22-November 2. Zimbabwe were pooled together with Mozambique and Lesotho in Group D during a draw conducted in Johannesburg, South Africa yesterday. Only the top teams from each of the pools will advance to the semi-finals. Returning Mighty Warriors coach Sithethelelwe "Kwinji 15" […]

October 10, 2024 3

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Africa: Ignore Facebook Video Advertising a Miracle Formula That Can Cure Chronic Kidney Disease

[ad_1] Ignore Facebook video advertising a miracle formula that can cure chronic kidney disease IN SHORT: A Facebook post claims a "two-in-one active formula" can cure chronic kidney disease and reverse all kidney problems. But there is no cure for chronic kidney disease, and a kidney specialist warns people not to look for solutions on social media. A Facebook post advertises a "two-in-one active kidney formula" that can "permanently" reverse all kidney problems. Part of the post reads: "Revealed! The […]

October 10, 2024 3

Africa

Africa: Community Health Plan for Tanzania Needs $360m for Expansion

[ad_1] A five-year plan for Tanzania requires a total of $360m for a phased implementation of the Integrated and Coordinated Community Health Workers program to advance the achievement of Universal Health Coverage. The first year alone will cost $40m. The cost was released at a workshop held by Africa CDC from 2 to 6 September 2024 in collaboration with donors and implementing partners who supported the Ministries of Health of Tanzania and Zanzibar in Dar es Salaam to develop their […]

October 10, 2024 3

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Africa: Rwanda Launches Event-Based Surveillance Guidelines

[ad_1] The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) has introduced a new set of Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) guidelines designed to enhance the country's public health response amidst the ongoing mpox outbreak. Rwanda adapted the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)'s revised EBS framework published in 2023. The guidelines were finalized, approved, and launched during a convening led by RBC at the Onomo Hotel from September 9 -12, 2024. The initiative aims to improve Rwanda's ability to detect and respond […]

October 10, 2024 4

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Africa: Empowering Africa’s Public Health Laboratory Workforce Helps to Advance Outbreak Investigation

[ad_1] Upskilling public health laboratory scientists with cutting-edge molecular diagnostic capabilities for rapidly and accurately detecting current and future infectious disease outbreaks is a must, if the continent is to win the battle against outbreaks and health emergencies. Africa is vulnerable to the increased risk and high burden of infectious disease outbreaks, compounded by the lack of laboratory confirmation of outbreaks each year, underscore the critical need to establish and strengthen resilient in-country and regional surveillance systems for preparedness, response, […]

October 10, 2024 5

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Africa: Central African Countries Strengthen Effective Response to Health Emergencies

[ad_1] A year after the regional meeting held in Burundi in 2023, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) continues to advocate for and to review the progress made in the establishment and strengthening of National Public Health Institutes (NPHIs). Africa CDC organized a regional meeting from 16 to 17 September 2024 for the directors of NPHIs and technical experts from the Ministries of Health of Central Africa to take stock of progress 12 months later. Fully […]

October 10, 2024 4

Entertainment

Nigeria: 2024 MUSON Festival to Begin 13 October in Lagos

[ad_1] As is tradition, this year's festival will feature an art exhibition, a musical brunch, drama, a MUSON Day Concert, a Jazz Night, and a Musiquest Children's Competition, among other highlights. All is set for the 2024 edition of the Musical Society of Nigeria's John Lucien EclouFestival, a cultural event with a rich history that will run from October 13th to 27th at the MUSON Center in Onikan, Lagos. At a media briefing on Tuesday, Louis Mbanefo, Chairman of Muson, […]

October 10, 2024 3

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Africa’s Borders Continue to Stifle Its Future

[ad_1] The African Continental Free Trade area (AfCFTA) is one of the flagship projects of AU Agenda 2063. First approved by Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa in January, 2012, the agreement was signed on March 21, 2018, in Kigali along with the Free Movement Protocol by close to 50 African Union member states. That said, the presence of variable geography versus spatial contiguity in the construction of an Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement adds a layer of […]

October 10, 2024 4

Entertainment

Zimbabwe: Daisy Mtukudzi Wrecks Chivayo’s Top-of-the-Range Gift

[ad_1] LATE musician Oliver Mtukudzi's widow, Daisy, has wrecked the 2024 Toyota Fortuner gifted to her by controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo just a week ago. Daisy was given the car as a gift after suffering a week of online attacks following an exposé by Mtukudzi's daughters Selmor and Sandra on how she mistreated them as children. Details surrounding the accident which happened at the WarrenPark roundabout in Harare are yet to be ascertained. Images of the vehicle's damaged left side […]

October 10, 2024 4

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