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FILE: Late struggle icon Steve Biko. Picture: @BikoFoundation/Twitter.

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WATCH LIVE: 21st annual Steve Biko memorial lecture

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The World Health Organization (WHO) Sub-Saharan Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, is delivering the 21st annual Steve Biko memorial lecture,...

  • SANDF and SAPS members interrogate a suspected looter in Alexandra on 13 July 2021. This follows large-scale incidents of rioting and looting across the township and the province. Picture: Boikhutso Ntsoko/Eyewitness News

    South Africa warned of COVID surge after looting spree

    Virologist Barry Schoub, a member of a scientific panel advising the health ministry, warned of the state of the pandemic in KwaZulu-Natal province, which has been heart of the unrest.

    305 days ago
  • COVID-19 update: 16 mn Africans, less than 2% of the continent, fully vaccinated

    World Health Organization regional director Matshidiso Moeti gave an update on the COVID-19 pandemic on the continent on 8 July. Moeti said that in total, there had been close to 5.7 million cases in Africa, with 146,000 people losing their lives to the virus. Moeti also said that less than 2% of Africans had been fully vaccinated, leaving millions more still vulnerable to infection and severe illness.

    313 days ago
  • FILE: World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti. Picture: World Health Organization (WHO)/Facebook.

    SA accounts for 43% of COVID-19 infections in Africa - WHO Africa

    WHO regional director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, has urged countries to ramp up their management of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    333 days ago
  • FILE: Health Minister Zweli Mkhize gets his J&J COVID-19 vaccination at Khayelitsha Hospital on 17 February 2021 Picture: GCIS

    Mkhize: SA vaccine programme a collaborative effort between govt, private sector

    Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that government's approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic was based on an all-inclusive strategy to utilise the full capacity of the country's health system.

    405 days ago
  • Former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize addressed a virtual meeting on 4 August 2020. Picture: @DrZweliMkhize/Twitter

    WATCH LIVE: Mkhize hosts World Health Day webinar

    Health Minister Zweli Mkhize and WHO Director in Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, are hosting a World Health Day webinar.

    405 days ago
  • WHO’s Africa head Matshidiso Moeti. Picture: Twitter/@MoetiTshidi

    WHO appeals for global solidarity to help Africa as COVID-19 cases increase

    WHO Africa regional director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, on Thursday said this was as a result of more African countries relaxing restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the disease.

    670 days ago
  • WHO’s Africa head Matshidiso Moeti. Picture: Twitter/@MoetiTshidi

    Pandemic accelerating in Africa, test kits needed, WHO says

    But the WHO said there was no indication that severe cases and deaths were being missed, nor has the virus caused significant infections in refugee camps across the continent.

    704 days ago
  • WHO’s Africa head Matshidiso Moeti. Picture: Twitter/@MoetiTshidi

    WHO Africa: Malnourished people at greater risk of severe COVID-19 illness

    WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti said COVID-19 had reached all 47 countries in the WHO region, with Lesotho confirming its first case this week.

    733 days ago
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