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Nigeria, like some other countries, has stopped reporting or changed how often it reports COVID-19 vaccination rates to the World Health Organization. There is currently no data available on Nigeria’s Covid-19 vaccination rate. ...

Neither Johannesburg Water nor the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has reported a recent cholera outbreak. In April 2024, Johannesburg Water addressed an old video from 26 May 2023—a clip from a local news channel—circulating on social media that claimed cholera contamination from t...

In 2023, South Africa had 22,511 public schools, excluding early childhood development centres and special schools. Public education is funded by government through a pro-poor model that creates five categories of schools, called quintiles. These quintiles determine how much government fund...

In 2024, an estimated 12.7% of the South African population was living with HIV, totaling around 8 million people. ...

Nigeria, like some other countries, has stopped reporting or changed how often it reports COVID-19 cases to the World Health Organization. There is currently no data available on Nigeria's Covid-19 case rate. ...

As of 31 December 2024, a cumulative total of 457,129 cholera cases, including 8,181 deaths, have been reported since 1 January 2022. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Nigeria accounted for 69.1% (315,784) of all cumulative cases and 65.3% (5,337) deaths reporte...

The Police Service's latest crime statistics covering October to December 2024 recorded 6,953 murders, a 9.8% decrease from the same period in 2023. Of these, 961 victims were women, meaning around 10 to 11 women were killed per day. ...

The African countries with the highest literacy rates include Seychelles (96%), Equatorial Guinea (94%) and South Africa (90%). Countries with notably low literacy rates include Burkina Faso (34%), Chad (27%) and Mali (31%). Note: These figures are based on the latest available data, but ...

Malaria remains a serious public health problem in Zimbabwe, with over 5 million people at risk each year. In moderate to high transmission areas, it accounts for about 40% of outpatient visits, especially during peak transmission periods. By August 2023, Zimbabwe had recorded 144,508 malaria cases,...