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Long Covid in Africa: ‘I Don’t Think Govts Are Taking It Seriously Enough’ – Prof Resia Pretorius

INTERVIEW | Juanita Williams from allAfrica interviews Professor Resia Pretorius from Stellenbosch University, Pretorius about her extensive research on Long Covid. A 2023 study published in Nature, involving over 29,000 patients, highlighted that nearly half exhibited Long Covid symptoms, with fatigue being the most debilitating. This finding underscores the ongoing burden …

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Biden says he will resume campaigning next week

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES | TASS | US President Joe Biden plans to resume campaigning next week, he said in a statement released by his election team. “I look forward to getting back on the campaign trail next week to continue exposing the threat of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda while …

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World remains ill-prepared for the next pandemic

But earlier this month, the 194 members of the WHO World Health Assembly passed several International Health Regulations COMMENT | MICHAEL BAKER & ALEXANDER GILLESPIE | The international community’s recent failure to conclude a global pandemic agreement leaves large gaps in our capacity to deal with the next major infectious disease …

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Museveni COVID-19 infection raises several questions

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni yesterday attended the budget reading ceremony virtually, a week after declaring that he had contracted COVID-19, which triggered mixed reactions from the public. While all indicators show that the president will soon be out of isolation since health experts advise …

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COVID lessons could ease cholera outbreak – Moeti

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The WHO regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, believes that the best way to end preventable epidemics is for governments to engage with communities to help understand how the disease is transmitted. She spoke in interview with SciDev.Net about cholera outbreak. Why do you think …

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Preventing future pandemics

What will it take to discover and identify which viruses pose the greatest risks to humans? COMMENT | William A. Haseltine | Although COVID-19 restrictions are rapidly fading around the world, we are still reeling from the impact of the past three years. More than 6.8 million deaths from COVID-19 have been …

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