Fears of medical shortages and disease in Ukraine after Russian invasion
London, UKReuters Ukraine is running low on critical medical supplies and has had to halt urgent efforts to curb a polio outbreak since Russia invaded the country, public health experts say. Medical needs are already acute, with the World Health Organization warning on Sunday that oxygen supplies were running out. A boy receives polio vaccine […]
How COVID-19 may result in one million excess deaths from other diseases in Africa
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Africa’s 1.3 billion people may have fared better than expected in terms of containing COVID-19 but the pandemic has dealt a severe blow to already weak health services, raising fears of excess deaths from other illnesses plaguing the continent. A World Health Organization analysis of 14 African countries found a more […]
Pope Francis calls for peace in Mozambique ahead of contested presidential elections
Vatican CityRNS Drumming, dancing and singing erupted from the Zimpeto Stadium in the peripheries of Maputo, in the embattled African country of Mozambique, on Friday when Pope Francis reminded the more than 40,000 people present that “you have a right to peace!” Mozambique is the first stop of the Pope’s three-country trip to Africa over […]
In remote parts of Uganda, a fight to stop preachers from discouraging medical care
Katakwi, UgandaRNS In this remote town in a deeply traditional corner of eastern Uganda, a 27-year-old Pentecostal pastor has been arrested after interceding to stop the medical care of a severely ill nine-year-old girl, telling her parents they should rely on prayer. The pastor, Richard Asutu of Save Soul International Ministries, has since been released […]
In Kenya, a pastor’s refusal to marry an HIV-positive bride stirs debate over AIDS stigma
RNS A Pentecostal pastor in the western Kenyan town of Bahati triggered outrage over the past week by refusing to marry a young couple until they complied with his demand that they be tested for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. On 3rd November, Pastor Jesse Karanja, the leader of Mizpah House of Prayer Church, […]