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Coronavirus - Africa: Outbreak Brief #40 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (13 October 2020), 2,524,173 new confirmed [1] coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 36,810 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 39,952,759 COVID-19 cases and 1,112,108 related...

African Island States Launch Joint Medicines Procurement Initiative
Download logo Ministers of Health from seven small African island states today signed an agreement to jointly procure drugs and vaccines in a bid to improve quality and access to medicines and other health products. The ministers from Cabo Verde,...

Mercy Ships announces its second hospital ship: the Global Mercy
Mercy Ships (https://MercyShips.Africa) unveils its new hospital ship, the Global Mercy, which will join the Africa Mercy, in service in Africa since 2007. Dr. Pierre M'Pelé, Director of the Mercy Ships Africa Bureau, announces that the Global...

Coronavirus - Madagascar: World Bank Provides $75 Million to Mitigate the Impacts of COVID-19 and Support Recovery
Download logo The World Bank Board of Directors recently approved a US$75 million development policy operation for Madagascar to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. The Madagascar COVID-19 Response Development Policy Financing will help...

Coronavirus - Madagascar: UNICEF ensures the continuity of health services to save lives
Download logo Coronavirus has disrupted health services, thus reducing attention and support for basic health services. In Madagascar, as elsewhere in the world, interventions remain focused on the response to COVID-19. Indeed, in countries with...

DNREC Opens Brandywine Zoo Madagascar Exhibit
Cutting the ribbon, left to right: State Senator Sarah McBride, former State Senator Harris McDowell, Delaware Zoological Society President Arlene Reppa, DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin, Governor John Carney and Brandywine Zoo Director Brint Spencer....

DNREC Opens Brandywine Zoo Madagascar Exhibit
Cutting the ribbon, left to right: State Senator Sarah McBride, former State Senator Harris McDowell, Delaware Zoological Society President Arlene Reppa, DNREC Secretary Shawn Garvin, Governor John Carney and Brandywine Zoo Director Brint Spencer....

Coronavirus - Madagascar: Medical supplies provided by WHO, United Nations and Malagasy Red Cross for COVID-19 response
Essential COVID-19 medical supplies arrive in Madagascar provided by World Health Organization (WHO), United Nations partners & Malagasy Red Cross to support the country's response to the pandemic. The cargo included PPE to keep health workers...

Coronavirus: UNICEF Madagascar Humanitarian Situation Report Mid-Year 2020
Download logo Highlights Between January 19, 2020 till January 23, 2020, there were heavy rains in the northwestern part of Madagascar, more than twice the normal precipitation during the rainy season, resulting in floods in 13 districts. Besides...

Coronavirus - Madagascar drug treats cough not COVID-19, Ehanire discloses while advising healthy foods with right nutrients to build immunity
The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Ehanire has disclosed that the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Research and Development {NIPRD) has shared its final report on the evaluation of the COVID Organics from Madagascar. “The initial report...

Coronavirus - Madagascar: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board approves an additional US$171.9 million disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF) to Madagascar to address the COVID-19 Pandemic
Download logo This is the second disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), which brings total IMF COVID-19 emergency support to the Republic of Madagascar to US$337.9 million; Madagascar’s macroeconomic outlook has been affected by...

African Development Fund approves UA100.4 million multi-country Covid-19 Response Support for Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and Sao Tome
Download logo The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF) on Wednesday approved a UA100.4 million (about $138 million) crisis budget support package to four southern African countries – Malawi, Madagascar, Mozambique and São Tomé...

Coronavirus - Africa: European Investment Bank (EIB) approves € 16.6 billion for COVID-19 health response and economic resilience, climate, clean transport, energy and housing
Download logo € 10.2 billion for COVID-19 public health and business financing; € 5.2 billion for new private sector financing schemes; € 2 billon for energy and energy efficiency investment around the world; Millions of commuters to benefit from...

Coronavirus: Madagascar Country Office - Covid-19 response
From May 17th to August 13th, 2020, the positive COVID-19 cases growth increased from 304 to 13,397 cases with 1.16 % of fatality rate in of 22 affected regions. Overall, the epidemic is taking a decreasing curve mostly lead by Analamanga region...

Coronavirus: Madagascar Country Office - Covid-19 response (July 29th 2020)
From May 17th to July 29th 2020, the positive COVID-19 cases growth curve decupled exponentially from 304 to 10,432 cases with 0.89% of fatality rate in 19 out of 22 affected regions (all except Androy, Atsimo Atsinanana and Melaky). The epicenter...

Madagascar’s plague epidemic is slowing, but we must sustain the response
27 November 2017 | ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR - Madagascar’s unprecedented outbreak of pneumonic plague is slowing down but the response must be sustained, WHO cautioned on Monday (November 27). “The worst of the outbreak is over, but we must stand...

Coronavirus - Seychelles: Handing over ceremony of second consignment of medical supplies from India
Download logo The second consignment of essential medicine supplies from India arrived today (7 June 2020) in Port Victoria aboard INS Kesari. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs & Blue Economy, Amb. Barry Faure & Secretary of State for Health,...

IMF Executive Board Approves an Additional US$171.9 Million Disbursement Under the RCF to Madagascar to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic
July 30, 2020 This is the second disbursement under the Rapid Credit Facility (RCF), which brings total IMF COVID-19 emergency support to the Republic of Madagascar to US$337.9 million. Madagascar’s macroeconomic outlook has been affected by...

Todos Medical Expands Extraction Reagent and ANDiS 350 Extraction Automation Capacity to Support COVID-19 Testing in the USA
Full US use of ANDiS 350 extraction systems would increase US daily testing capacity by 25% 3D Med extraction capacity increased by 1,000,000 kits per week Extraction reagent and automation scarcity spiking as US COVID-19 PCR demand surges 3D Med...

Madagascar plague: mitigating the risk of regional spread
This year plague came early to Madagascar and spread quickly. When it began to move out from the areas where it traditionally occurs, people became increasingly alarmed – both within the island nation and in neighbouring territories and countries....