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Millions of children starving in northeast Nigeria
At least 2.3 million children and youth are going hungry in northeast Nigeria where an Islamist insurgency has forced farmers to flee their fields and put the region on the brink of critical food shortages.
Read MoreAHO urges public participation to eliminate Hepatitis
Graciano Masauso, President of Africa Health Organisation (AHO) has said that every African should come forward and play his role in complete elimination of Hepatitis from the continet as governments alone cannot fight the menace.
Read MoreCOVID-19 is becoming a problem for Sub Saharan Africa
When the COVID-19 pandemic first emerged in early 2020, medical experts and journalists were flummoxed by the low rates of infection and death throughout the African continent. Despite sub-par public health systems, dense metropolitan areas and extreme poverty, experts highlighted many reasons why COVID cases remained low in Africa. Some explanations included the continent's younger demographics, experience with epidemics like Ebola and the gift of time in delaying the spread of the virus to the continent.
Read MoreChild Mortality
Children in Africa are about 16.5 times more likely to die before the age of five than children in developed countries.
Read MoreAHO condemns the abduction of children by ISIS in Mozambique
Fighters in conflict-hit northern Mozambique abducted dozens of children during raids in 2020, according to a new analysis by AHO
Read MoreAHO appeals for Covid vaccines to fight third wave in Africa
A third wave of Covid-19 infections is sweeping across Africa as deliveries of urgently needed vaccines to the continent dry up, AHO health officials are warning.
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