Tag:World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Clinical trials underway to evaluate plasma of COVID-19 recovered patients – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says clinical trials are underway to evaluate the effectiveness of using plasma from the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients,...

Michael Simire - June 14, 2020

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Africa’s COVID-19 cases over 200,000

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says confirmed novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa are more than 200,000. The WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo,...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2020

Human Welfare

Conflict-hit Nigerian families living under COVID-19 lockdowns on ‘life-support’

Help and funding are needed urgently for millions of people in Nigeria who have been hit severely by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic,...

Michael Simire - June 10, 2020

Health

WHO issues guidance on locally-made face masks

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a new guidance on homemade or locally-made face masks for prevention of COVID-19. The WHO Regional Office for...

Michael Simire - June 7, 2020

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DR Congo hit by 11th Ebola outbreak

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced on Monday, June 1, 2020 that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease...

Michael Simire - June 1, 2020

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France bans hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 amid safety concerns

The French government on Wednesday, May 27, 2020 cancelled a decree allowing hospital doctors to administer hydroxychloroquine as a treatment to patients suffering severe...

Michael Simire - May 28, 2020

Health

Covid-19: Why hydroxychloroquine trial was suspended – WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it announced a “temporary pause” in its solidarity trial on the use of hydroxychloroquine for treatment...

Michael Simire - May 27, 2020

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