Rwanda takes lead in local vaccine production
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Bureau KIGALI, (CAJ News) – RWANDA is to start manufacturing its own vaccines following a US$2 billion investment on a vaccine plant…
Dr Matshidiso Moeti
Children worst hit by Africa mental health crisis
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE severe shortage of professionals is among major barriers to adequate mental health services in…
Africa on high alert for monkeypox outbreak
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Bureau ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is supporting African countries strengthen…
Mozambique reports first polio outbreak in decades
from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique Bureau MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – MOZAMBIQUE has detected its first case of the wild polio-virus in 30 years. Health…
New Omicron variant ‘no cause for alarm’
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana Botswana Bureau GABORONE, (CAJ News) – THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for calm amid the detection of new…
Vaccination underway to eradicate yellow fever
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC KINSHASA, (CAJ News) – THE Democratic Republic of Congo has launched a vaccination campaign against yellow fever, a disease that kills up to…