Category: Health Services

Non-vaccinated respondents of a Vaccination Perception Survey held late last year have very strong opinion about the Covid-19 vaccine, and nothing can alter their decision.   This was the major finding of the survey carried out in November 2022 by the Red Cross Society of Seychelles (RCSS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, to […]

Ministers and representatives from twelve African countries have committed themselves, and laid out their plans, to end AIDS in children by 2030. International partners have set out how they would support countries in delivering on those plans, which were issued at the first ministerial meeting of the Global Alliance to end AIDS in children.   […]

The Ministry of Health yesterday started its campaign to vaccinate schoolchildren aged 5 to 11 years on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue with the Paediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19.   The vaccination took place in ten public and private primary schools across the country where children whose parents have given their consent for them to […]

Legal experts gather in Seychelles to develop reference manual   A group of expert from Africa is gathering in Seychelles as of yesterday to develop a reference manual on sub-standard and falsified medicines and health products, as part of the MEDISAFE project funded by the European Union.   The five-day meeting at the Berjaya Beau […]

Ahead of World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day Monday, the World Health Organization is calling for action to tackle these debilitating illnesses, which affect an estimated 1.65 billion people globally. A diverse group of 20 parasitic and bacterial tropical diseases is categorized as neglected. This is because they disproportionally affect people who live in poor, remote […]

Brazzaville – For the first time since the start of the pandemic, Africa is emerging from the holiday season without a significant spike in COVID-19 cases.   A total of 20,552 new cases were recorded in the first three weeks of January 2023, which represents a drop of 97% compared to the same period last […]