Views: Visits 9 The results of ground-breaking research conducted by Malaria Consortium show that low previous malaria exposure is associated with more severe symptoms of COVID-19 and adverse outcomes compared with high exposure to malaria. Patients co-infected with malaria and COVID-19 tend to have a higher frequency of confusion and vomiting but co-infection was not detrimental to a patient’s outcome. The results were recently published in preprint in The Lancet. Malaria causes significant morbidity and mortality with an estimated 229 million cases and 409,000 deaths reported globally in 2019 alone, over 90 percent of these in sub-Saharan Africa. The potential implications of any clinical interactions between COVID-19 and malaria infection is therefore a major public health concern in Africa, where the chances of co-infection is relatively high. The objective of the study was to better characterise COVID-19 cases in a high malaria burden setting and to determine
Views: Visits 4 Egyptian giants Al Ahly face Morocco’s RS Berkane on Friday 28 May 2021 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, in the 29th edition of Total CAF Super Cup. The game kicks off at 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT). Here’s what Ahly coach Pitso Mosimane and Captain Mohamed Elshenawy said in the pre-match press conference. Pitso Mosimane (Coach, Al Ahly) We know RS Berkane is a very strong team and they have a good new coach and talented players. They are always doing well on the international scene and we respect them much. This is a final so it’s a 50-50 game and both sides have equal chance to win the cup.
Fellow Gambians, my African Compatriots, Diaspora Africans On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the members, and militants of the United Democratic Party and Indeed on my own behalf I wish you happy Africa Day. It is 58 years today since the leaders of our continent converged in Addis Ababa to establish Organisation for African Unity when the Gambia was still under British colonial control. I pledge to you that a UDP Government will pursue a Foreign Policy based on our timeless Pan African values of Ubuntu, Teranga, Boonya; values that emphasise the worth and dignity of human beings; values that place a premium on cooperation and solidarity in place sterile competition. A new Pan African cooperation framework anchored on African culture and civilisation that celebrates our diversity in unity of purpose and shared values of democracy, good governance and respect for the rule of law.
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