Africa is one big country with many problems
Friday, April 24, 2015
Just when it looked like things were improving for the ‘dark continent’, following the 2011 Arab Spring, we are once again back to square one – feeding international news media with negative news.
African leaders, academics, and even journalists have for many years been moaning about the Western media’s seeming obsession with the negative side of the African continent. The politicians have lamented images of war, disease and poverty that have come to be associated with the continent more than anything else. They were right.
The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...