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As of February 2020, there were 1,414 doctors and 15,353 nurses working in the country’s public hospitals.More: FACTSHEET: Doctors and nurses in Zimbabwe’s public hospitals

According to presidential health advisor Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, Ghana had between 75 and 100 of these ventilators as of the beginning of April and had ordered more in light of the Covid-19 outbreak.More: Fact-check: Does Ghana have 307 ambulances with mobile ventilators?

There is no evidence that black people are more, or less, susceptible to the new coronavirus that causes Covid-19.Related: No, African blood and black skin don’t ‘resist’ new coronavirus

In November 2019, there were 250 psychiatrists registered with the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria and 200 psychiatry trainees.More: Fact-checked: Al Jazeera’s claims about Nigeria’s ‘mental health problem’

According to 2018 estimates, every year 14,943 Nigerian women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and 10,403 die from the disease.More: Charity understates cervical cancer deaths in Nigeria as it unveils campaign

In 2017, there were an estimated 81,640 malaria-related deaths in Nigeria. This accounted for 19% of global malaria deaths.More: No, malaria doesn’t kill 300,000 people in Nigeria a year, as insurance seller claimedRelated: Does Nigeria have 23% of world’s malaria cases, as an insecticide maker…

As of 16 September 2019, there were 78 psychiatrists registered in Kenya. Of these, nine were employed in county governments, 28 were employed by the national government (GOK) and 11 were employed by institutions (government universities), meaning 48 psychiatrists were employed by the…

An estimated 18.4% of women who were aged 15 to 49 in 2016/17 had been victims of female genital mutilation or cutting.More: Fact-checked: four claims about sexual and reproductive health in NigeriaRelated: Are more than a quarter of Nigerian women still subjected to genital mutilation?

An estimated 25.7 million people in the World Health Organization’s Africa region lived with HIV (regardless of whether they had developed symptoms of Aids) in 2018.