Arrival of Johnson and Johnson Vaccines in The Gambia
Tuesday, 20th July 2021 marks yet another significant milestone in the fight against covid-19 epidemic in the Gambia as we witnessed the arrival of One Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand, Two Hundred (151, 200) doses of the Johnson and Jonson (J&J) Vaccine under the COVAX facility.
World Patient Safety Day 2021
World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through the adoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. The Day is firmly grounded in the fundamental principle of medicine – first do no harm. World Patient Safety Day builds on a series of successful annual global ministerial […]
World Patient Safety Day 2021
World Patient Safety Day was established in 2019 by the Seventy-second World Health Assembly through theadoption of resolution WHA72.6 – “Global action on patient safety”. The Day is firmly grounded in thefundamental principle of medicine – first do no harm. World Patient Safety Day builds on a series of successfulannual global ministerial summits on patient […]
Cote d’Ivoire declares first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
Abidjan/Brazzaville – The Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire today confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola since 1994. This came after the Institut Pasteur in Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the Ebola Virus Disease in samples collected from a patient, who was hospitalized in the commercial capital of Abidjan, after arriving from Guinea. Initial investigations found that the patient […]
West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea
Brazzaville/Conakry – Health authorities in Guinea today confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa. Marburg, which is in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola, was […]
Arrival of Johnson and Johnson Vaccines in The Gambia
Tuesday, 20th July 2021 marks yet another significant milestone in the fight against covid-19 epidemic in the Gambia as we witnessed the arrival of One Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand, Two Hundred (151, 200) doses of the Johnson and Jonson (J&J) Vaccine under the COVAX facility. These vaccines were mobilized through the initiative of the Government of […]
COVID-19 deaths in Africa surge more than 40% over previous week
As COVID-19 case numbers in Africa climb faster than all earlier peaks, new and faster spreading variants are fuelling the continent’s surging third wave. Cases have increased in Africa for six weeks running and rose by 25% week-on-week to almost 202 000 in the week ending on June 27th, reaching nine tenths of the continent’s […]
Antimicrobial Resistance an Infection Control
Infection control has been on everyone’s minds this year, and there has been a lot of research to read through. ARIC is devoted to overcoming the global spread of antimicrobial resistance and healthcare-associated infections, and provides a platform for cutting-edge preeminent practices and best available data to those working in infection prevention and control.
Guinea’s Minister of Health explains what it took to end Ebola
The Ebola outbreak that erupted in Guinea in early 2021 was declared over on 19 June, just four months after the first cases were confirmed in a rural community in the south of the country. Banking on the lessons learned from the deadly 2014–2016 outbreak as well as a growing national expertise, a prompt response […]