The World Health Organization says it is especially women on the African continent that have been severely negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
New research shows that up to 40% of African countries have reported continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, and child & adolescent health services, since the onset of the pandemic.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti says with International Women’s Day being celebrated today, it is important that governments improve their interventions to counteract these negative effects.
Moeti says teenage pregnancies and incidences of gender-based violence have also increased.
Read Moeti’s full statement here.
Related articles:
- WHO says there should be a global shift to see healthcare as an investment instead of as a cost.
- WHO to continue working to boost the availability of vaccines.
- WHO urges manufacturers to make Covid-19 testing kits more affordable & readily available.
"40% of African countries are reporting continued disruptions to sexual, reproductive, maternal, new-born, child & adolescent health services. The consequences for women’s health are a serious cause for concern."
Dr @MoetiTshidi shares update on #COVID19 impact on #WomensHealth pic.twitter.com/zBNP4hFlQQ
— WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) March 6, 2022
President Cyril Ramaphosa says there should be greater cooperation between African countries to boost trade on the continent.
He says this will also ensure faster growth of the African economy, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ramaphosa was addressing delegates at this year’s Intra-African Trade Fair.
The trade fair focuses on discussions around the recently-launched African Continental Free Trade Area.
Ramaphosa says African economies are some of the worst affected by the covid-19 pandemic.
Read the President’s full address here.
Related articles:
- Worrying uptake of Covid-19 vaccines among young people.
- Residents, older than 50, should get their Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible.
- Worrying decrease in Covid-19 vaccine uptake among Western Cape residents.
As a flagship project of the African Union #Agenda2063 #TheAfricaWeWant, the #AfCFTA brings together 55 African countries with a combined population of more than 1.2 billion people and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) exceeding US$2.5 trillion. #OneAfricanMarket #IATF2021 pic.twitter.com/jtA5S88uJq
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) November 15, 2021
[PHOTOS]: His Excellency President @CyrilRamaphosa accompanied by former President of Nigeria, His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, received African Heads of State and Government at the Intra African Trade Fair 2021) in KwaZulu-Natal #IATF2021 #OneAfricanMarket pic.twitter.com/y9rlYmV0nC
— Presidency | South Africa 🇿🇦 (@PresidencyZA) November 15, 2021
