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South Africa – Over 30 Fatalities Reported After Weeks of Flooding
Flooding continues to affect parts of South Africa, with 10 fatalities reported in Limpopo province over the last few days. Parts of the country were badly hit by flooding after heavy rainfall brought by Tropical Cyclone Eloise from around 23 January 2021. Eloise has...
WHO report suggests African countries are not ready for COVID-19 vaccines
The WHO Regional Director for Africa urges governments to “ramp up readiness” as report suggests the region is not prepared for a COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. According to a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis, Africa is not ready for COVID-19 vaccine...
Campaigners warn that 9 out of 10 people in poor countries are set to miss out on COVID-19 vaccine next year
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...
Namibia – Heavy Rain Continues, Flash Floods in Windhoek
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...
Global washing hands day
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...
From COVID-19 crisis comes opportunity to rethink risk
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...
Making Cities Resilient: Developing and implementing local disaster risk reduction strategy to respond to COVID19 and to better prepare for the future
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...
Tracking Africa’s coronavirus cases
Experts warn fragile healthcare systems in many nations could be overwhelmed in the face of a severe COVID-19 outbreak. The outbreak of the new coronavirus has reached every nation in Africa, a continent of 1.2 billion people. As of June 16, the confirmed coronavirus...
Ethiopia – Heavy Rain Triggers Deadly Landslide in South
At least 10 people died in a landslide caused by heavy rainfall in southern Ethiopia. The landslide occurred early on 28 May in the Gamo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region (SNNPR). The landslide buried a two-story house killing at least...
LEARNING FROM THE COVID – 19 PANDEMIC TO SAVE LIVES AND HELP COMMUNITIES RECOVER
A deadly pandemic releasing distressing and gloomy pictures each day. By February 01, the COVID – 19 could still be regarded in Europe as a distant viral outbreak only circumscribed in China where it originated. Two weeks later, with the rising infections swiftly...