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Health + Tech | Technology and specialised care for the elderly

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected the aged, so much so that restrictions are still in place for persons over age 65 to remain in lockdown despite many aspects of life and the economy reopening. It was clear from the beginning...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 84 Thousand

South Africa has the most reported cases – 15,515, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

Help for domestic violence victims

Since many places across the world have been forced to institute lockdowns, where citizens are forced to stay in our homes and go out only when absolutely necessary, we have seen an increase in the domestic violence

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Africa gets closer to eradication of wild poliovirus - WHO

The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC), responsible for certifying the eradication of wild poliovirus in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, is set to make its final decision about the region’s wild poliovirus status in August

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 88 Thousand

South Africa has the most reported cases – 16,433, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

Burundi: WHO Seeking Further Details On Staff Expulsion From Burundi

The World Health Organization (WHO) was on Thursday seeking to clarify why authorities in Burundi have expelled its top official in the country and three other staff members, the UN agency's Regional Director for Africa told journalists during a press briefing on

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Source: allAfrica.com

South Sudan: WHO and UK Hand Over 160 Oxygen Concentrators to Support the Ministry of Health in the Fight Against COVID-19 in South Sudan

Press Release - Juba, 3 July 2020 - the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) today handed over 160 oxygen concentrators to South Sudan's Ministry of Health to support the country in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: COVID-19-Tackling Mental Health During Isolation Is Essential to Full Recovery

[WHO] Abuja, 06 July 2020 - "When I tested positive to COVID-19 on April 23 2020, I was evacuated to an isolation facility with minimum contact with other infected persons and none with people from outside. Being in isolation was really one of my lowest points as I began feeling depressed and

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Source: allAfrica.com

Kenya: ICJ-Kenya Urges Labour Ministry to Include All Elderly Persons in Inua Jamii Program

Nairobi — The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya has urged the Ministry of Labour, Social Security, and Services to ensure the inclusion of all elderly persons who qualify for the Inua Jamii program, which is aimed at cushioning Kenyans from effects of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Ebola vaccinations underway in new DR Congo outbreak

Six people have died of the much-feared haemorrhagic virus since June 1.

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Source: The East African

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across the Continent Exceed 81 Thousand

South Africa has the most reported cases – 14,355, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Continent Nears 100,000 Cases of COVID-19

South Africa has the most reported cases – 18,003, with deaths numbering

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: Over 266,000 Active COVID-19 Cases Across Continent After 5.4 Million Tests

[allAfrica] As of July 10, the confirmed cases of COVID-19 from 55 African countries have reached 541,923. Active cases have reached 266,619 after 5,420,815 tests.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Round II: Chad receives 20,000 doses of Madagascar's COVID-Organics

Says it is of two type, the curative and preventive

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

WHO experts to visit China to plan COVID-19 investigation

BEIJING (AP) — Two World Health Organization experts were heading to the Chinese capital on Friday to lay the groundwork for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. An animal health expert and an epidemiologist will...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Bartica miner succumbs to COVID-19 - Stabroek News

A Bartica miner is one of the two COVID-19 fatalities that have been recorded in a matter of days as Guyana prepares to begin the second phase of the rollback of emergency measures that were announced to curb the spread of the

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Seattle Black man films hysterical 'Karen' who lies about being attacked

According to a video published on Tuesday, Karlos Dillard, a Black man based in Seattle, was driving and was cut off by the unnamed white

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Source: theGrio

TikTok Is Helping Diverse Students Break Into Songwriting With a New Summer Songwriting Academy – The Black Chronicle

TikTok announced earlier this week that it is launching the Summer Songwriting Academy, a program to help students with less access to resources find the words and the platform to express the experiences and the inequalities of their

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Source: The Black Chronicle

COVID-19: WHO urges continuation of public health measures

We continue to urge all countries to double down on the fundamental public health measures that we know

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

California Reaches Grim Milestone in COVID-19 Deaths as State Reopens

As the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that total COVID-19 cases reached 9 million worldwide, California reported 5,019 new cases, the highest number of infections in the state in one day. Texas also reported a record high of infections in a 24-hour period with 5,489 cases

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Equatorial Guinea sacks WHO rep over coronavirus statistics | Africanews

Equatorial Guinea joins Burundi in the league of countries that have asked World Health Organization, WHO, country representatives to

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Can We Handle the Truth About Coronavirus? ⋆

Let me share a few “truths” that not only have many of us heard about, but many things are specific to poor people and African-Americans in this

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Source: The Toledo Journal

Africa: 'Coronavirus - Malnutrition Could Be Deepened in Africa'

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned that the potential impact of COVID -19 on food security in Africa is likely to exacerbate the already existing burden of

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Source: allAfrica.com

Libya: 'Alarming' Military Build-Up Underway in Libya, As COVID-19 Heightens Insecurity

The civil war in Libya is in danger of intensifying as foreign intervention grows and the spectre of the COVID-19 pandemic adds to a deepening sense of insecurity, the head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) told the Security Council on

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Source: allAfrica.com

Smoking and COVID-19

COVID-19 is at its strongest when our immune system is weak.It is now six months into the year and COVID-19 has snuffed out the lives of almost 500,000 people. Another killer smoking, specifically tobacco use extinguishes seven million lives per year. Combined, COVID-19 and tobacco use are two

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In March 2002, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations. That month Mugabe was reelected president for another six years in a blatantly rigged election whose results were enforced by the presidents militia. In 2003, inflation hit 300%, the country faced severe food shortages, and the

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Africa: Mo Ibrahim - Trump Playing 'Blame Game' With WHO, Coronavirus

Interview - The influential Sudanese-British businessman speaks to DW about US President Donald Trump's criticism of the WHO and what is needed to improve international organizations and governance in Africa.

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Walnuts: A Handful A Day Will Work | Afro

Eating walnuts may improve performance on cognitive function tests, including those for memory, concentration and information processing speed, could prove important as the aging population has been targeted with concerns of escalating diagnoses of

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Source: Afro | The Black Media Authority

China Announces $2 Billion In Virus Help At WHO Assembly | Afro

By JAMEY KEATEN and MARIA CHENG, Associated Press

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Africa: COVID-19 Could Deepen Food Insecurity, Malnutrition in Africa

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in

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Source: allAfrica.com

Africa: COVID-19 Cases Across Continent Surpass 559,000, With 12,769 Deaths

[allAfrica] As of July 11, confirmed the COVID-19 case total from 55 African countries has reached 559,446.

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