Early Pregnancies Rife As 13-Year-Olds Bear Children In Lesotho
More teenage girls are admitted to the maternity ward of Quthing government hospital than women of childbearing age. “We see them mostly because we admit...
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United States Donates 3.6m COVID-19 Pfizer Vaccines to Egypt
The U.S Embassy welcomed the arrival of the third shipment in three weeks of Pfizer’s Coronavirus vaccines to Cairo on October 30. This shipment of...
G20 Members Received 15 Times More COVID-19 Vaccine Doses Than Sub-Saharan African Countries
Ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit this weekend, 48 UNICEF Africa ambassadors and supporters unite, calling on countries to deliver doses by December G20 countries...
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Germany Donates 163,000 COVID-19 Vaccine Doses To Somalia
Somalia scaled up its battle to end the COVID-19 pandemic after receiving 163 000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines from the Government of Germany through the...
Coronavirus: About 300,000 additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines for Senegal
Senegal has received today 298,700 additional doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, donated by the Government of Portugal through the COVAX facility. The vaccine doses were...
UK officially hands over life-saving oxygen cylinders to support Uganda’s COVID-19 response
On Wednesday 13 October, the UK officially handed over 100 oxygen cylinders to Uganda’s National Medical Stores, to provide lifesaving treatment to COVID-19 patients in...
UNICEF Trains 100 Nigerian Girls To Mark International Day for Girl-child
The United Nations Children Fund, UNICEF, has trained one hundred girls in Kebbi State to mark this year’s International Day for Girl-child. Yesterday Monday, October...
United Nations and Somalia Join Forces To Scale Up Quality Mental Health Services
BY DAYO ADESULU For this year’s World Mental Health Day, the WHO global theme is ‘Mental health care for all: Let’s make it a reality. Over...
Mental Health, Psychosocial Support Services Access For African Children Unequal – UNICEF, WHO
BY DAYO ADESULU At least one in seven children in sub-Saharan Africa experiences significant psychological hardship. As the world marks World Mental Health Day, UNICEF...
São Tomé and Príncipe Vaccinates Above10% of its Population September
São Tomé and Príncipe has fully vaccinated 10% of its population against COVID-19, reaching the September global target by the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed...