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How Safe Are We Against Other Diseases After COVID-19 Pandemic: A look Into The Past

Dozens of stakeholders from each sector are fighting the current deadly virus, COVID-19. Different actions have been taken, and have included containment responses such as lockdowns, quarantines, and curfews. Such strategies have affected our normal way of living, and access to healthcare services including access to routine immunization, which might leave children and other vulnerable …

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How Digital Technology is Changing the Narrative in Basic Education in Africa During COVID-19

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought about major changes in the world’s activities. Particularly in education, teaching and learning is taking place. One major shift is the use of digital technology and it’s advancement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Schools, Education institutes, teachers, and students have increasingly utilized technology as a way of fostering …

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COVID 19 Cases Tracker

In December 2019, severe respiratory illness cases were reported across the city of Wuhan in China. These were caused by a new type of coronavirus, and the disease is now commonly referred to as COVID-19. The number of COVID-19 cases started to escalate more quickly in mid-January and the virus soon spread beyond China’s borders. …

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We built an HIV self-testing application: Here’s what we found.

Nigeria with a population of over 193 million people (The World Bank Group, 2018), HIV/AIDS remains a growing public health issue. The people living with the virus are about 1.9 million [UNAIDS Press release, 2019] and it is observed that there is an increase of new infection among adolescents and young people. Existing research results …

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British Council and CcHUB Launches New Narrative Programme

Monday, February 17, 2020. Lagos Nigeria. Co-creation Hub (CcHUB), the leading technology innovation centre in Africa in partnership with British Council and Beatfreeks Collective have today announced the launch of New Narratives Pilot, a co-creation lab pilot designed to prototype solutions that help stimulate more plural and diverse narratives to solve the problem of singular, …

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Africa Union Agenda 2023: Tracking 10 year progress in living standards in Nigeria, Rwanda and Kenya.

In June 2015, the Africa Union organs adopted the first Ten-Year Implementation Plan for Agenda 2063. It builds upon the Agenda 2063 Framework Document adopted in January 2015. In addition, the agenda seeks to accelerate Africa’s political, social, economic and technological transformation while continuing the Pan African drive for self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity. …

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Visit To The Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre by Noelle Aryanyijuka

Have you ever immersed your emotions in other people’s pain, happiness, grief or fear? Steep, right? The brutal killing and violence that took place in April 1994 precisely 25 years ago, scarred the people of Rwanda were emotionally, psychologically and physically in unimaginable ways. I’ll narrate my experience at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre – …

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Immunization Coverage in Rwanda; What is the secret?

Background The community is protected when everyone gets immunized. If not, diseases spread those not immunized. In Rwanda, at least 4 children are born per woman, according to the latest population and housing census, Rwanda (2012). Among these babies more than 95% receive all recommended vaccines before 23 months old. These are the highest immunization coverage …

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