Nouvelles des programmes et clusters

14 juillet 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

En Afrique, les maladies transmises par les animaux à l'homme ont bondi de 63 % au cours de la dernière décennie.

Africa is facing a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus which originated in animals and then switched species and infected humans. There has been a 63% increase in the number of zoonotic outbreaks in the region in the decade from 2012-2022 compared to 2001-2011, according to World Health Organization (WHO) analysis.

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29 juin 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Au Mozambique, presque tous les adultes sont vaccinés contre la COVID-19

“I came to take the COVID-19 booster dose and brought my baby for (childhood routine) immunization,” says Cacilda Manjate, a young mother waiting in a consulting room of the Matola II clinic just outside Mozambique’s capital Maputo. “For me taking the vaccine is important because I have a relative who died of COVID-19. I don’t want to lose anyone else in the family.”

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