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New cholera mapping initiative by the Africa CDC to focus on five African countries

Support offered to these countries includes identifying areas prone to cholera and developing their ability to use national and regional platforms to control and eliminate the disease
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The economic pain caused by Covid-19 shows we need to reshape African cities

In Africa, lockdowns to control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak will hurt urban families -- most of who depend on informal sector jobs -- the most. Therefore, reshaping African cities in the pandemic’s aftermath to ensure they can be engines of economic growth in the future, will be key
Boda boda cyclists on a Kampala road
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Uganda vaccine trial puts African scientists at forefront of Ebola research

Researchers from Epicentre, Uganda Virus Research Institute, Mbarara University of Science and Technology and the London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene last week started a new Ebola vaccine trial in Uganda
Health care workers learn how to properly dispose of the remains of a simulated patient who died from Ebola