The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse recent progress in reducing the global burden of Tuberculosis

November 21, 2020 0 Comments 5 tags

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to reverse recent progress in reducing the global burden of tuberculosis. The global number of deaths for tuberculosis could increase by around 200.000–400.000 in 2020 alone,

Workshop: Ethics review preparedness during COVID-19

November 5, 2020 0 Comments 6 tags

Glad to be among the speakers https://bit.ly/3er42gC

INTEGRATION

November 2, 2020 0 Comments 13 tags

“This project will improve malaria prevention strategies for both children, pregnant women and families as a whole as the study is being conducted in families which will raise awareness of

Gloria Mason, Director for the Liberia National Ethics Review Board and member of the LiberHetica, speaker at international seminars on ethics in data sharing

November 1, 2020 0 Comments 8 tags

Proud to have Gloria Mason, Director for the Liberia National Ethics Review Board and member of the LiberHetica (http://liberhetica.org) project in the panel of joint online seminars examining the GFBR

From 2003 at the forefront of supporting Sub-Saharan Africa’s response to poverty-related infectious diseases, EDCTP plays a key role also in the African response to Covid-19

October 27, 2020 0 Comments 9 tags

The European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP) is a public-public partnership between countries in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, supported by the European Union, which since 2003 has been

Indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on malaria in Africa

October 23, 2020 0 Comments 8 tags

In Africa, pregnant women and young children are the most vulnerable to malaria. However, malaria control interventions and strategies have achivied important results in the last years. COVID-19 has now

WHO Office in Sierra Leone involved in hands washing promotion against coronavirus

October 19, 2020 0 Comments 5 tags

All the materials and training to properly wash hands that we have provided to orphanages in Sierra Leone as part of the “Soap Bubbles Against Coronavirus” initiative continue to be

Initiatives promoting hands washing against Covid-19 are growing

September 2, 2020 0 Comments 5 tags

The fostering of hand washing included in the “Soap bubbles against coronavirus” initiative will be among the topics of a WHO webinar today. Heineken Africa Foundation will also launch an

INTEGRATION, an intervention research to protect pregnant women from malaria

August 24, 2020 0 Comments 10 tags

Pregnant women, babies and children under 5 years of age are the most vulnerable to malaria. In 2018, around 11 million pregnant women and 24 million children got malaria. Furthermore,

Soap bubbles against coronavirus in Uganda too !

August 12, 2020 0 Comments 6 tags

The “Soap bubbles against coronavirus” initiative is sparking interest in other African nations as well. Indeed a group of young Ugandan decided to come together and create a group of