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Togo’s new climate policies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality – here’s how
Like many African cities, Lomé, the capital of Togo, has a pollution problem. Its ambient (outdoor) air pollution levels exceed World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for human health protection. Air pollution is the world’s largest...
Nonprofit organization ICPSD seeks partners for environmental restoration efforts in Togo
Moscow, Idaho, Aug. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nonprofit organization Institute For Community Partnerships and Sustainable Development (ICPSD) has announced that it is looking for partnerships and investment to help it achieve its mission of...
CBP intercepts back-to-back bushmeat at Detroit Metro Airport
ROMULUS, Mich. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists encountered potentially disease ridden bushmeat twice within one week at Detroit Metropolitan Airport late last month. CBP PHOTO - U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
Owner: American Government
The African Plant Nutrition Institute Releases 2022 Annual Report: "Towards Transformation"
MOROCCO, June 19, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The African Plant Nutrition Institute (APNI) proudly announces the publication of its highly anticipated 2022 Annual Report, titled "Towards Transformation." This report reflects APNI's commitment to...
Tribal Health Appoints Dr. Vikram Shankar as New Chief Medical Officer
Emergency Medicine leader brings extensive humanitarian and clinical background to role SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, UNITED STATES, March 31, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Today, Tribal Health announced the appointment of Dr. Vikram Shankar as the new...
Pivotal Clinical SAHARA Study Shows Candesant Biomedical's Investigational Sweat Control Patch Significantly Reduces Primary Axillary Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Underarm Sweating)
SAHARA Meets Study Endpoints, Demonstrating Underarm Sweating Significantly Reduced Following Three-Minute In-Office Treatment NASHVILLE, Tenn., March 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Candesant Biomedical ("Candesant"), a private medical device company...
Owner: Jason Raznick
Closing the gender gap through digital and social inclusion: The Togolese case
Over the past decade in Togo, the mobile penetration rate has nearly doubled—from 40 percent in 2011 to 78 percent in 2021; the internet penetration rate, while below 5 percent in 2011 reached 75 percent in 2021—a fifteenfold increase; and the...
Owner: Brookings Institution
Dr. Edward Picardi and Wife, Sandy, on Africa Medical Missionary Trip
STEUBENVILLE, OHIO, UNITED STATES, February 26, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- A new missionary trip to West Africa is officially underway for general surgeon Dr. Edward Picardi and his wife, Sandy, through Samaritan's Purse. The Steubenville,...
Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Download logo Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this...
Togo: African Development Bank approves $3 million loan reallocation to agriculture sector for COVID-19 response
Download logo The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) have approved the reallocation of $3 million in loan resources to help Togo purchase agricultural inputs to enhance food security in the wake of the COVID-19...
FIFA to Support Launch of Sport for Mental Health and Social Cohesion Programme
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) (www.FIFA.com) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) are launching the...
The President of Tanzania, Merck Foundation CEO, The Prime Minister of TOGO, and Vice Presidents of Uganda and Benin named as Most Influential African Women
The President of Tanzania, SAMIA SULUHU HASSAN; Merck Foundation CEO, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej; The Prime Minister of TOGO, H.E. VICTOIRE TOMEGAH DOGBÉ, The Vice President of Uganda, H.E. JESSICA ROSE EPEL ALUPO and The Vice President of Benin,...
Coronavirus - Togo vaccinates over 90% of health workers against COVID-19
Download logo When Togo launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 10 March, health workers on the frontlines of the pandemic were identified among the priority groups. “I was afraid to begin with, particularly because we were the first people...
African Health Ministers open meeting to shape continent's health agenda
Download logo African Health Ministers and representatives from countries gathered today for the Seventy-first session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the preeminent meeting on public health in Africa. During...
Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa's health facilities
Download logo As the risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases increases, African countries must urgently boost critical care capacity to prevent health facilities from being overwhelmed. This comes as vaccine shipments to the continent grind to a near...
AMEA Power launches 50MW Solar Power Plant in Togo - the country's first utility-scale renewable energy project developed by an Independent Power Producer
AMEA Power (www.AMEAPower.com), a subsidiary of UAE-based Al Nowais Investments (ANI), today announced the official commissioning of its 50MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Blitta, Togo, marking the country’s first utility-scale renewable energy...
Côte d'Ivoire eliminates sleeping sickness as a public health problem
Download logo Côte d'Ivoire has successfully eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the second African country after Togo to be validated by the World Health Organization...
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African Health Ministers urge greater vigilance in COVID-19 fight
Download logo African Health Ministers gathering for the resumed Seventieth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa took stock this week of the region’s efforts in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, with calls...
Coronavirus - Africa: Outbreak Brief #42 - Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
Outbreak Update: Since the last brief (27 October 2020), 3,434,225 new confirmed [1] coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and 40,289 new deaths have been reported globally. To date, a total of 46,412,100 COVID-19 cases and 1,193,177 related...