News Category: Africa
AHO exposes how tobacco and related industries manipulate youth
World No Tobacco Day 2020: Protecting youth from industry and preventing them from tobacco and nicotine use. Ahead of World No Tobacco Day (31 May), the Africa Health Organisation is highlighting the damage of tobacco and related industry tactics: tobacco kills up to half its users. AHO is calling on countries and partners to empower youth to stand up to Big Tobacco by dispelling its lies and refusing to use its products.
Read MoreCoronavirus COVID-19 and Mental Health in Africa and monitoring by AHO
With much of the world under lockdown, mental health is a topic of increasing significance. Social distancing, remote working and stay-at-home orders have become the norm, and many are struggling to cope with rapidly changing lifestyles.
Read MoreCoronavirus in Africa – what are the risks and what is AHO doing
While Africa has not yet seen the level of crisis as Europe and North America have, coronavirus cases and deaths have been rising exponentially across the continent. Following the virus’ arrival in Egypt on February 14th, every country on the continent, with the exception of Comoros and Lesotho, has reported cases.
Read MoreAHO Response to Petition Calling For No Corona Virus Vaccine Trials in Africa
This past week has seen a global response of outrage and fury to suggestions made by two French scientists that Corona virus vaccine trials should be conducted in Africa. One response to these now infamous comments has been the creation of an online petition calling for no Corona virus vaccine trials in Africa, and it is to this petition that the African Health Organisation wishes to respond.
Read MoreCoronavirus Infographics
Here are 7 Coronavirus COVID-19 infographics from Africa Health Organisation (AHO)
Read MoreKenya, Ghana and Ethiopia have confirmed their first coronavirus cases
Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia all confirmed their first coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the global pandemic picks up pace around the world.
Read MoreCoronavirus in Africa – AHO is monitoring COVID-19 in Africa
AHO is continuously monitoring and responding to this outbreak in Africa. This section will be updated as more is known about COVID-19, how it spreads and how it is affecting people in Africa and worldwide.
Read MoreGraciano Masauso answers questions about Coronavirus
Researchers want to know everything about the latest coronavirus, from its mortality rate to its origins, incubation period and much more, and they still have blanks to fill in
Read MoreAHO condemns the chaining and abuse of people with mental health conditions in Nigeria
Thousands of people with mental health conditions across Nigeria are chained and locked up in various facilities where they face terrible abuse, Human Rights Watch said
Detention, chaining, and violent treatment are pervasive in many settings, including state hospitals, rehabilitation centers, traditional healing centers, and both Christian and Islamic faith-based facilities
AHO worried about creeping back of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in Africa
In a worrisome trend, mother-to-child transmission of HIV have been creeping back in a handful of countries over the last 18 months—jeopardizing progress in settings that once held the promise of eliminating pediatric AIDS in Africa.
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