by admin (ACDM) | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Rich countries have hoarded enough doses to vaccinate their entire populations nearly 3 times over Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless urgent action is taken by governments and the pharmaceutical...
by admin (ACDM) | Jan 15, 2021 | News
Heavy rain has continued to fall in parts of Namibia, with flash flooding reported in the capital, Windhoek from 11 January, 2021. Flooding has affected the city since late December. In a statement of 07 January, the city government said emergency response teams...
by admin (ACDM) | Oct 15, 2020 | News
Observing Global Handwashing Day has never been more important than during a pandemic that could be stemmed, in part, by everyone taking hand hygiene seriously. Keeping our hands clean is one of the most important habits we can adopt to prevent contracting Covid-19...
by admin (ACDM) | Oct 13, 2020 | News
The health crisis stress-tests our ability to cooperate, learn and adapt in the face of deep uncertainties and rising risks The new coronavirus, COVID-19, was declared a “public health emergency of international concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO) at the...
by admin (ACDM) | Sep 16, 2020 | News
Over the past 20 years disasters have affected 4.4 billion people, caused USD 2 trillion of damage and killed 1.3 million people. Disasters affected people living in developing countries and the most vulnerable communities within those countries. Over 95 percent of...
