Unelected head of the EU, Ursula von der Leyen, asserts the need for an EU-wide digital ID, stating that any citizen can use anywhere in Europe, to do anything from paying your taxes to renting a bicycle. However, once your digital ID has been connected to the EU’s incoming CBDC (which is programmable), you won’t […]
Malaria is said to claim almost half a million lives each year and Africa is supposedly the worst affected. In recent years, the mosquitoes that spread the disease have become increasingly resistant to insecticide. A medicinal plant called Artemisia annua (or sweet wormwood) has been used in China to treat malaria for 2,000 years and […]
Cameroon launched the world’s first routine vaccine programme against malaria on Monday. It is one of 20 African countries planning to introduce the drug this year, that according to Bill Gates’ Gavi. The RTS,S malaria vaccine, developed by British pharmaceutical GSK, opens new tab and sold under the brand name Mosquirix, was backed by the […]
According to the WFP the world faces a global hunger crisis of unprecedented proportions. They state that in just two years, the number of people facing, or at risk of, acute food insecurity increased from 135 million in 53 countries pre-pandemic, to 345 million in 79 countries in 2023. A report states that nearly half […]
Watch this interview by Yvonne Katsande in conversation with Shabnam Palesa Mohamed on the pandemic treaty proposed by the WHO.
Children in Kenya got vaccinated with the world’s first WHO recommended malaria vaccine, RTS, S vaccine, one of the three pilot countries that participated in the Malaria vaccine implementation program. At least 17 people died of anthrax in a southern Ugandan district in November, according to local reports, adding that “the situation is under control”. […]
South Africa’s worst bird flu outbreak is now under control and egg supplies are improving, the department of agriculture said on Wednesday. The country has been battling an outbreak of a high-pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, since April. According to the […]
Mystery pneumonia is sweeping over China causing people to overwhelm hospitals just in time for the 2024 election. Chinese officials are now encouraging people to wear masks, social distance and stay at home. China’s health ministry is downplaying the sickness, saying the uptick in cases was caused by the “flu and other known pathogens.” Tony […]
At least 52 toddlers from 25 states across the nation have suffered adverse events linked to recalled cinnamon apple puree and applesauce contaminated with lead. The reports of adverse events involve children as young as less than 1 year old and as old as 4 years of age. This has lead to the recall of […]
South Africa: “Just” Energy Transition Partnership Germany, through its KfW development bank, signed an agreement to lend South Africa €500 million (R10 billion) at below commercial market rates to help it transition away from the use of coal-fired electricity. Yet Germany is using coal and reviving its old power stations The concessional finance forms part […]