COVID-19

ADF STAFF More than two years after the first COVID-19 case was reported in Angola, officials still are battling misinformation about a disease that has killed 1,900 people in the country. Some people adhere to the notion that…

ADF STAFF Across Africa, nearly 11 million people have recovered from COVID-19 infections, but new research suggests that less than one-third of those people may have fully recovered, with the rest at risk of the mix of health problems…

ADF STAFF A surge of COVID-19 infections in South Africa has led some experts to declare that the country has entered its fifth wave of the pandemic as May began. The country is experiencing its highest rate of new cases in three…

ADF STAFF Public health experts are tracking the spread of two new sublineages of COVID-19’s omicron variant and are growing concerned that the BA.4 and BA.5 infections might spread despite established immunity. The sublineages are…

ADF STAFF The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t over, but new infections and reported deaths have dropped significantly in Africa, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Reported cases fell for 16 consecutive weeks, while deaths…

ADF STAFF The United States government donated a 427-square-meter, $1.6 million mobile field hospital to Niger’s Agadez Regional Council in early April. The mobile field hospital increases Agadez Regional Hospital’s capacity by 30…

ADF STAFF South Africa is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections as the southern hemisphere’s flu season arrives, according to data from tested individuals and samples from municipal wastewater. Wastewater sampling has become a…

ADF STAFF While countries around the globe have struggled to tally their true number of COVID-19 infections, a new study shows the number of confirmed cases in Africa is only a fraction of the actual cases. Published on April 7, the…

ADF STAFF Soldiers in the Tunisian Army were in the village of Kesra in July 2021, taking on duties that once seemed unimaginable. At the village’s health center, Soldiers armed with rifles stood guard outside, while military medics…

ADF STAFF Shortly after South Africa reopened its schools last year, a student at Isolemamba High School in KwaZulu-Natal province contracted COVID-19. Then five teachers also tested positive, prompting the school to close for two days.…