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World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic and logistical impacts of the [COVID-19](http://www.fao.org/2019-ncov) pandemic resulted in significant contractions in demand for many commodities. The [FAO Food Price Index](http://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/
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The Ugandan economy is severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; to address the urgent balance-of-payments and fiscal needs, the IMF approved US$491.5 million emergency assistance for Uganda under the Rapid Credit Facility; the authorities have timely scaled up health spending and put in place bold measures to help
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Le Ministère de la Santé, de la Population et de la Réforme Hospitalière a notifié ce jour, mardi 05 mai 2020, 190 Nouveaux cas confirmés de Coronavirus COVID-19, pour atteindre un total de 4838, 05 nouveaux décès, pour atteindre un total de 470 décès. 7994 sont sous le nouveau protocole
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From “COVID-19 does not exist”, to COVID is not going to survive in Kano, to COVID is finished as soon as it gets here, Kano state residents got so comfortable and rebuffed Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) guidelines on COVID-19. The COVID-19 index case was recorded on April 11
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UNHCR has activated COVID-19 prevention measures and planning response in worse case scenarios for the over 2 million internally displaced people and one million refugees Download Report: https://bit.ly/2SJF2Yi UNHCR delivered soap for one million people in Sudan – refugees, internally displaced people and the most vulnerable members of
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Public and staff access to the Union Buildings is currently limited following the confirmation that a staff member has tested positive for COVID-19. In line with government’s guidelines on the management of COVID-19 cases, steps have been taken to secure treatment of the relevant staff member and to provide
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New cases confirmed: 38 Benadir: 35 Somaliland: 3 Male: 30 Female: 8 Recovery: 12 Death: 1 Total confirmed cases: 873 Total recoveries: 87 Total deaths: 39 Read more on https://africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-somalia-update-of-covid19-as-of-6th-may-2020?lang=en New cases confirmed: 38 Benadir: 35 Somaliland: 3 Male: 30 Female: 8 Recovery: 12
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Beatrice Lugalia, Ministry of Health, Kenya Social Mobilizer, organizing her community for targeted #COVID19 testing. World Health Organization (WHO) supports the government in dissemination of timely information to communities in major outbreak hotspots in Nairobi. Read more on https://who-africa.africa-newsroom.com/press/coronavirus-kenya-targeted-covid19-testing-in-kenya?lang=en Beatrice Lugalia, Ministry of
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Please join this online media briefing with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the Africa Health Business and the Africa Healthcare Federation on COVID-19 in Africa. Date: Thursday 7 May Time: 13:00 GMT+2 (Central Africa Time/Central European Summer Time)
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Nous enregistrons ce jour un nouveau décès lié au Covid-19 d’un patient de 53 ans, hypertendu qui a été admis le 2 mai 2020 au centre hospitalier régional Amissa Bongo de Franceville pour fièvre évoluant depuis quelques jours avec hausse de tension et détresse respiratoire. Devant la dégradation de
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Overstretched health systems, lockdowns, loss of livelihoods and fewer employment opportunities could increase unprotected sex, sexual violence and exploitation, transactional sex and sex work, leading to an increase in new HIV infections Despite the global progress made in HIV prevention, with new HIV infections falling by 40% since the peak
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In Mali, the ICRC is adapting its activities to the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic. Observance of hygiene measures makes it possible to provide humanitarian aid to people victims of the armed conflict and other situations of violence while protecting them. Long before the declaration of the first positive cases