World Health Organization

ADF STAFF Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, had a simple message for the WHO’s first in-person assembly in two years: Life might be returning to normal in many countries, but it’s important…

ADF STAFF Pregnant women are not more susceptible to catching COVID-19 than anyone else, but they are at greater risk of developing severe symptoms, especially in the last 12 weeks of pregnancy. In South Africa, that has translated…

ADF STAFF From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have formed the foundation for the health systems across Africa — frequently putting their own lives on the line to treat community members infected by the coronavirus.…

ADF STAFF In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, public health officials warned that the disease could overwhelm the continent’s fragile health care system and lead to devastating numbers of people falling sick and dying. The…

ADF STAFF Acclaimed for its inventive measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic such as the use of robots, thermal cameras, drones and disease-sniffing dogs, Rwanda has offered a blueprint for handling outbreaks. The country’s latest…

ADF STAFF Social media can be an effective tool to spread accurate information about COVID-19 and help guard against the pandemic’s spread. Its many platforms can also be used to disseminate false information about the disease, its…

ADF STAFF With new cases growing rapidly, rising hospitalizations and positivity rates above 30%, South Africa appears to be in an undeclared fifth wave of COVID-19 infections. The rise in cases is driven largely by the latest…

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…