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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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.
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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On 17th July 2019, the World Health Organization declared a once unknown disease “public health emergency of international concern” – Ebola. In addition, no drugs existed for Ebola, though there were several vaccines developed such as the rVSV-ZEBOV that is reported to be 70-100% effective amid questionable designs of the efficacy trials, according to WHO
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On the 25th of April 2019, the CcHUB Design Lab hosted its first Webinar session on “Advancing Digital Epidemiology in Africa: A Network Approach”, presented by Bosun Tijani
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