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As of 30 May 2022, Ghana had161,370confirmed cases of Covid-19 with1,445deaths, reported to WHO.As of22 May 2022, a total of16,122,862vaccine doses have been administered. ...

Research by the World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations evaluated the survival of the Covid-19 virus on different surfaces and reported that the virus can remain viable for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel, up to four hours on copper, and up...

As of 27 May 2022, Lagos had the largest number of Covid-19 cases with 99,466 lab-confirmed cases. ...

As of 2021, some 20% of girls and women aged 15 to 49 years have undergone female genital mutilation, according to Unicef data. ...

As of 17 November 2021, the total number of individuals vaccinated in Mpumalanga stood at just over 1 million (1,420,542). ...

According to the most recent Kenya Health Workforce Report (2015) there were 357 dentists actively practising in Nairobi based on retention data. Practitioners with valid practising licenses are considered to be lawfully active in the service. This results in a ratio of 1.1 dentists per 10,000 peopl...

No. Legally, no one can be forced or coerced into taking the vaccine. This was affirmed by President Cyril Ramaphosa when he addressed parliament on 3 September 2021: “No one should be forced to be vaccinated. Instead, we need to use the available scientific evidence to encourage — repeat encour...

According to UCT’s Faculty of Health Science, there were 254 patients hospitalised with Covid-19 on 6 September 2021. ...

In 2020, some 12,075 Nigerian women were diagnosed with cervical cancer, and 7,968 died from the disease. ...