The National Institutes of Health has awarded $7.5 million for an international research program to prevent and treat HIV infection among adolescents and young adults in seven African countries and Brazil.
Mondelēz International is sending 15 colleagues to Ghana, the birthplace of Cocoa Life, the company’s sustainable cocoa program. As part of the “Joy Ambassadors” skills-exchange program, employees will spend two weeks learning about the challenges and opportunities farmers face in growing sustainable cocoa.
African Development Bank President, Akinwumi Adesina, has urged Canadian business leaders to “be part of the action and seize investment opportunities on the continent.”
According to the latest Situation Report of Cholera Outbreak issued by the Borno State Ministry of Health, 1,533 suspected cholera cases and 31 associated deaths were reported in the north-east Nigerian state from 5 to 17 September.
An early-stage clinical trial testing the safety and immune-stimulating ability of an experimental nasal influenza vaccine in healthy 9- to 17-year-old children and teens has begun enrolling participants at a Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) site at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
The Center for Human Rights and Democracy in Africa (CHRDA) has strongly condemned the decision by the Cameroonian Government to issue a travel restriction among Anglophones in the North west region and implores the government to start an all-inclusive dialogue to end the deadly crisis.
Children from the highest mortality countries are up to 60 times more likely to die in the first five years of life than those from the lowest mortality countries, report also says. An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years… Read More ›
