UNICEF in Central African Republic running an integrated health program.
The UNICEF, in association with the government of the Central African Republic is carrying out a health program to protect children from various deadly diseases. The Central African Republic is running a national polio vaccination campaign which is integrated with providing sufficient quantities of Vitamin A to the children. Alongside...
Read moreTravellers from Central African Republic screened for monkeypox in the UK as its caseload exceeds 300.
According to one report, there have been more than 300 monkeypox infections reported in the UK so far, including 77 on Monday. According to an AP article, the UK has the largest outbreak of monkeypox outside of Africa, with most infections in bisexual and gay men. One source country...
Read moreCentral African refugees start to filter back to their country in the wake of COVID-19 and violence
Central African refugees in Cameroon who fled from political and sectarian turmoil in the Central African Republic have been coming home since 2014. Most of the CAR refugees in Cameroon are female and child-headed households. Hundreds of people have consented to return to their towns and villages after Bangui...
Read moreThe central African Republic may be hard hit with lack of monkeypox vaccines.
This week, the interim director of Africa’s leading public health organisation said he hopes the stockpiling of vaccines that occurred during the COVID-19 epidemic won’t happen again with the present monkeypox outbreak. Contagious viral disease monkeypox is prevalent throughout Africa, particularly in the nations of Central African Republic, Cameroon and Nigeria. Following over...
Read moreThe central African Republic vaccinates a sizeable percentage of the population, maybe on course to fulfill 70% vaccination this year.
Reports project that the global goal of every country vaccinating 70% of its population by 2022 is not going to happen. According to data, just 58 nations and territories had done so as of May 31st. Only a few are from low-income nations; the rest are from high-income countries,...
Read moreThe Central African Republic along with six other nations gets WHO support for monkeypox.
Seven African nations, including the Central African Republic, have reported 1392 suspected and 44 confirmed monkeypox cases to WHO this year. This incident count is based on early reports until mid-May. Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Liberia, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, and Nigeria, have recorded instances. 2022...
Read moreHow to protect ourselves from Monkeypox
In response to an uptick in monkeypox occurrences in non-endemic nations, the government issued instructions on Tuesday requiring district surveillance units to treat even one case as an outbreak and launch an inquiry under the Unified Disease Surveillance Program. The ministry of health emphasized surveillance and rapid identification of new...
Read moreOn the verge of a new global pandemic?
After outbreaks were reported in areas where the disease is not normally seen, the Organization of World Health reported on Sunday that monkey pox represents a “high danger” to global public health. “If this virus takes advantage of the ability to develop itself to be a human pathogen and moves to individuals...
Read moreMonkeypox vaccine hoarding unnecessary and unhelpful
The acting director of Africa’s main public health body hopes that, unlike with the COVID-19 medicines, wealthier countries will not stockpile medicines during the present monkeypox outbreak. Monkeypox is endemic in 11 African nations, notably Cameroon, disease Central African Republic, the Republic Of congo, and Nigeria. The Global Health Organization (WHO)...
Read moreWill Monkeypox Close Borders?
MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The government should not close borders in response to the spread of monkeypox abroad, according to Dr. Ted Herbosa, the healthcare consultant to the National Action Plan Against COVID-19, who explained that the disease is not as infectious as COVID-19 and that closing borders would have...
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