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Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) has been particularly condemning rich countries, saying they are directly responsible for the deaths of high-risk people in low- and middle-income countries, USA Today reported on Thursday. “Countries that are now vaccinating younger, healthy people at low risk of disease are …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said it was concerned about the potential criminal exploitation of the huge unmet global demand for COVID-19 vaccines, warned against counterfeit vaccines and urged people to stick to government-run vaccination programs. According to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The growing gap between the number of vaccines being given in rich countries and those administered through COVAX is becoming more outrageous every day”, the head of the World Health Organisation Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,  has said. Dr Tedros pointed out that while some countries are …

The AstraZeneca vaccine’s benefits outweigh its risks Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Friday to continue using the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, as its benefits outweigh risks with tremendous potential to prevent infections and deaths from the pandemic. Following the review on the AstraZeneca …

Frontline workers were first to take the jab on Tuesday during the launch of the vaccination exercise held at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers in Gulu district are rallying the community to embrace the AstraZeneca vaccine. This follows fears from some of the residents …

Geneva, Switzerland | THE INDEPEDNENT | The World Health Organization, the vaccines alliance GAVI and Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations CEPI have launched one of the most ambitious inoculation delivery plan in history, dubbed COVAX. The plan is to ensure the poorer countries in the world are all able to receive …

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has commended Tanzania for reverting to measures meant to contain the spread of Covid-19, Tanzania’s daily The Citizen has reported. The Citizen quoted the WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti who at a press briefing on Thursday, stated …

Is Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng ready for the next battle? COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | Starting March 10, millions of people in Uganda will begin taking their COVID-19 vaccine jabs in an unprecedented vaccination programme unveiled recently by Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng, Uganda’s Minister of Health. Speaking at the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Women represent a slightly lower proportion than men in terms of infections and deaths from COVID-19, according to a preliminary analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) carried out in 28 African countries. The analysis, based on gender-sensitive COVID-19 epidemiological data provided by countries, reveals …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Nearly 2.5 billion people worldwide or 1 in 4 people  will be living with some degree of hearing loss in the next 30 years, warns the World Health Organization -WHO’s first World Report on Hearing, released on Tuesday. At least 700 million of these people …