Category: Self Care

Jill Biden’s Skin Cancer Could Fuel Advocacy in Cancer Fight

Jill Biden’ s advocacy for curing cancer didn’t start with her son’s death in 2015 from brain cancer. It began decades earlier, long before she came into the national spotlight, and could now be further energized by her own brush with a common form of …

Cameroon Sees 100% Increase in Mental Health Care Seekers

Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north. Fonbe Hedwick is the director of the Vine Mental Health

COVID-19 vaccination in the WHO African Region – Monthly Bulletin, August 2022

As of 4 September 2022, a total of 235 million people in the African Region had completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series, representing 20.3% of the Region’s population. Two countries in the African Region have surpassed the target of 70% of their population fully vaccinated: Mauritius (75.3%) and Seychelles (76.3%).

UN steps up post-COVID support in Africa; battles cholera in Malawi

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday a new drive to find ways of revamping the African region’s health systems.“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of our continent’s health infras…

DR Congo investigates suspected Ebola case

KINSHASA— The Democratic Republic of Congo is investigating a suspected case of Ebola in its violence-wracked east, the World Health Organization said, just weeks after the end of a previous epidemic.The DRC early last month declared its latest Ebola o…

Death toll from heavy rains, floods in Sudan rises to 79

KHARTOUM— The death toll from recent heavy rains and floods in Sudan has climbed to 79, the country’s National Council for Civil Defense announced.The number of injuries stood at 30, and “tens of thousands of homes have been damaged, particularly in ce…