WHO warns preventable disease back on the rise in Africa

WHO warns against use of 2 drugs for non-severe COVID-19

WHO has advised patients with mild or moderate cases of COVID-19 against the use of antidepressant drugs, fluvoxamine, and the gout drug colchicine.

Africa is seeing a surge in outbreaks of diseases that can be averted with vaccines over the past year, the World Health Organisation warned on Thursday. It said that almost 17, 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022, marking a 400 percent increase

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