Brazzaville/Bujumbura – Health authorities in Burundi today declared an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2 (CVDPV 2) after confirming eight polioviruses, the first such detection in more than three decades. The cases were confirmed in a four-year-old child in Isale district in western Burundi who had not received any polio vaccination, as well as in

16 March 2023 N'djamena - Le Ministre de la Santé Publique et de la Prévention du Tchad Dr Adelmadjid Abderahim MAHAMAT, a signé le 10 Février 2023 l’arrêté ministériel N°0054/PT/PM/MSPP/SE/SG/DGSP/COUSP/23, portant la mise en place d’un Groupe d’intervention Rapide, dans le cadre du programme SURGE. Une équipe de 70 cadres pluridisciplinaires, parmi lesquels nous pouvons

16 March 2023, Addis Ababa ‒ Since the beginning of February 2023, approximately 100 000 refugees, mostly women, children, unaccompanied minors, and people who are wounded or sick have reportedly arrived in Ethiopia from Somalia and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. World Health Organization (WHO) in Ethiopia is stepping up its health response

The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children against yellow fever with support from UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi Kampala. In 2022, Uganda was one of 14 countries in Africa reporting confirmed cases of yellow fever. With the support of the Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy and its key

Yobe, 13 March, 2023 - As displaced residents and host communities in Yobe state, begin rebuilding their lives, the World Health Organization (WHO) supports the government to re-strategize and scale up its humanitarian health interventions. The objective is to ensure community inclusivity for all the people of the state.  Yobe is one of the three

Legal advisors and judicial officers from Botswana, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia attended a 3-day legal capacity building workshop in Port Louis, Mauritius from 01 to 03 March 2023 to strengthen tobacco control and reduction of NCD risk factors.  Mauritius was proposed to host the multi-country

Lilongwe – Ministers of Health and Water and Sanitation and Environment from 11 southern African countries today called for urgent action to facilitate cooperation and collaboration on the preparedness, readiness and response to address cholera epidemics, other waterborne diseases and climate-related public health emergencies. With 130,705 cholera cases and including 3052 deaths registered to date

Maiduguri – 9 February, 2023 - The humanitarian support provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) in northeast Nigeria has continued to aid the displaced and vulnerable populations with access to emergency life-saving health services.  Falmata Bukar, a 60-year-old woman residing in Dikwa Local Government Area (LGA), in Borno state, is glad to be alive

Brazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme today launched the second phase of the Africa Women Health Champions (AWHC) initiative to recruit young African women professionals to help drive the region’s health agenda and objectives.  Following the successful implementation of the first phase, the

Abuja, 7 March, 2023 - “Being infected with COVID-19 is not an experience I wish to relive or wish on others yet to contract the disease, which was the reason I took the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it was available to the public because protecting myself is protecting my loved ones,” says Yecenu Sesetu

Praia, Cabo Verde - Estrutura de coordenação para apoiar na preparação e resposta a eventos de potencial risco para a saúde pública – epidémico ou pandémico - está a ser reestruturado através de uma parceria entre a OMS e o Ministério da Saúde de Cabo Verde.  “A estrutura física, devidamente equipada, com recursos humanos adequados

Maputo, 22 February 2023 – Senior representatives from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) today commended the Government of Mozambique for its ongoing polio response efforts to ensure that every child is protected from the devastating impacts of the virus. Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health, with support from Rotary and other GPEI