Protecting Your Right to a Safer, Healthier Workplace
The Department of Employment and Labour has published the proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Act and is asking you to comment. The Bill seeks to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act. 1993, so as to: ▪ delete, substitute and insert certain definitions; ▪ effect certain technical corrections; ▪ further provision in […]
Mekelle – Ethiopia today officially launched a preventive oral cholera vaccination campaign targeting 2 million people aged 1 year and above in Tigray region in the north of the country to avert a potential outbreak The vaccination drive, which began on 10 June, will cover 13 priority districts in Tigray and is being carried out alongside […]
WorkSafe SA has released three more business opportunities in the Western Cape as part of its national roll-out of the new STEPSS program. Elaine van Vuuren, National Operational Safety Director at WorkSafe responsible for On-boarding of new franchisees, said “the market is ready for a more holistic approach to human capital than just mere health […]
Sierra Leone is among other low- and middle-income countries with public health programmes that are “data rich but information poor”, implying that much data is generated at the country level but the full potential to use these data to inform improvements in public health is rarely achieved. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health […]
Angola has reached the milestone of more than 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered after receiving the first doses from COVAX, a partnership between Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI )and WHO, which aims to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19, worldwide. Luanda – The Angolan Ministry of Health […]
Diabetic, Hypertensive and suffering from Ulcers, 69 years old Adwoa Afrakoma, a resident of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region reflects on an emotional journey filled with anxiety and uncertainty, from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to receiving a second dose of the AstraZeneca/COVISHIELD vaccine. Auntie Adwoa’s face beams with smiles and optimism as she […]
Kigali – The aircraft engines power down as disembarking passengers rummage through their carry-on bags for documents in readiness for immigration. This is Kigali International Airport, a busy regional hub. The country has implemented an innovative electronic tracking system to stop the domestic spread of COVID-19 from arriving passengers. It starts with a pre-departure COVID-19 […]
Brazzaville – More than 480 million people in the African region suffer from oral diseases such as dental caries and periodontal diseases, yet oral health remains a low priority in many countries, leading to inadequate financial and technical investment that undermine prevention and care services. Disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic in the health sector have […]
Dakar – As the second wave of COVID-19 infections surged in early 2021, Senegal stepped up measures to cope with the anticipated rise in the number of patients needing critical care. Professor Daye Ka, Infectious and Tropical Disease Expert and member of Senegal’s COVID-19 task force, explains the steps taken to avert hospitals being overrun […]
Accra – Africa has the highest global mortality rate among critically ill COVID-19 patients despite having the world’s lowest COVID-19 infections and deaths overall, a recent study published by the Lancet found. Shortage of critical care resources and their underuse are some of the contributing factors. Dr Christian Owoo, a Senior Lecturer in the Department […]
Brazzaville – As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of Africa’s 54 countries—nearly 90%—are set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10% of their people unless Africa receives 225 million more doses. The new global targets were announced recently at the World Health Assembly, the […]