Health

[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, Dec.17 (Xinhua) – As the African continent witnesses new spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths, the African Union (AU) Commission has asked its member states to prioritize the launch of rapid tests. antigens as part of an urgent effort to increase the national COVID-19 testing capacity and …

[ad_1] December 10, 2020 The presidential transitions mark a change of leadership not only in the White House, but also in all agencies of the executive branch. Georgetown Vice President and General Counsel Lisa Brown served as Co-Director of Agency Review for the Obama-Biden Transition, working to review the more …

[ad_1] (New York, December 17, 2020): The United Nations has released $ 35.6 million for water, sanitation, medical supplies and protection for civilians caught up in the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Weeks of fighting in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia have reportedly left hundreds dead, thousands displaced and …

[ad_1] Each year, a Porto suburb toasts Christmas with a € 350,000 festive extravaganza, which includes a large Ferris wheel, carousels and an ice rink. But the economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have made entertainment not a priority for Vila Nova de Gaia. Instead, the suburb will allocate the …

[ad_1] ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, DECEMBER 17, 2020. A survey conducted by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa), in partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has shown that a predominant majority (79% average) of respondents in Africa would take a COVID-19 vaccine …

[ad_1] Geneva, December 17, 2020 The president of the world’s largest humanitarian organization warns that inclusive action is urgently needed to safeguard the health and dignity of migrants around the world, and to ensure that they are not left behind when the first vaccines begin to be distributed COVID-19. Speaking …

[ad_1] Since Monday, eagerly The long-awaited Covid-19 vaccines have been reaching the arms of healthcare workers in the United States, the first slim stretch of millions of doses to come. But the joy that has received the arrival of the shots is already being silenced by worries. Billions of dollars …

[ad_1] Geneva, December 17, 2020 – The president of the world’s largest humanitarian organization warns that inclusive action is urgently needed to safeguard the health and dignity of migrants around the world, and to ensure that they are not left behind when the first COVID- vaccines begin to be distributed. …

[ad_1] The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ethiopia, Demeke Mekonnen receives in his office the new representative of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) in Ethiopia, Dennia Gayle. On the occasion, Demeke thanked UNFPA for providing support to Ethiopian refugee women in Sudan. He addressed the representative’s …

[ad_1] As a teacher in a large school in the southern suburbs of Moscow, Nina Zhukova should have been one of the first to receive the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine offered to priority workers throughout the Russian capital. Instead, having contracted and recovered the virus in the fall, Zhukova is …