Day: June 23, 2022

Governments announce increased financial support to the global AIDS response

Michael Gwarisa

Geneva, 22 June 2022—Addressing the UNAIDS Programme Coordination Board, governments have begun to pledge new investments to advance the end of AIDS. The United Kingdom and Germany were among those pledging increased resources to support the work of UNAIDS, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS. The UK will increase funding to UNAIDS to £8 million per year, up from £2.5 million in 2021. The UK emphasised the importance of sufficient, predictable and timely funding towards enabling UNAIDS to deliver on its mandate. Germany will increase its funding to UNAIDS…

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Revamped Online Comprehensive Sexuality Education Teachers Course To Reach More Teachers

Michael Gwarisa

A new look online Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) course for teachers has been launched during a virtual meeting that was attended by governments officials, teachers from Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia as well as other stakeholders from across the East and Southern Africa (ESA) region. By Michael Gwarisa The CSE Online Course for Teachers is a self-paced online course that provides teachers with access to comprehensive study material developed by CSE experts. Teachers are acquiring adequate knowledge, skills, and attitudes that are critical for effective CSE delivery. This is a way…

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South Africa records its first case of Monkeypox

Healthtimes

South Africa has recorded its first case of Monkeypox in the country. Health Minister Joe Phaahla was briefing the media on Thursday on the repeal of regulations on notifiable medical conditions dealing with the covid-19 pandemic and on monkey-pox. Phaahla says they received a report late on Wednesday from the National Health laboratory Services CEO that they have confirmed through laboratory tests the first case of monkeypox in South Africa. “The patient is a 30-year-old male from Johannesburg who has no travel history, meaning that this cannot be attributed to…

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Novartis announces USD250 million pledge to tackle NTDs and Malaria

Healthtimes

PHARMACEUTICAL manufacturing giant Novartis renews its commitment to ending Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases pledging USD 250 million while endorsing the Kigali Declaration on NTDs made at the Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs. Staff Reporter The USD 250 million is a five year financial commitment meant for research and development of new treatments to combat NTDs and Malaria. This summit comes at a pivotal time for world leaders to reaffirm commitments to end neglected tropical diseases and malaria through the adoption of the Kigali Declaration. The declaration aims to mobilize political will…

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