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Stakeholders urged to take motion to enhance the distribution of medical doctors in Ghana

Stakeholders urged to take motion to enhance the distribution of medical doctors in Ghana

Accra, Ghana—The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Ghana, Dr Francis Kasolo has called for concerted action to bridge the equity gap in the distribution of doctors between rural and urban areas in Ghana.  Delivering…

MALAWI RECEIVES 2.9 MILLION DOSES OF CHOLERA VACCINES, AS THE OUTBREAK SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

MALAWI RECEIVES 2.9 MILLION DOSES OF CHOLERA VACCINES, AS THE OUTBREAK SPREADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

Lilongwe, 7 November 2022 – A consignment of 2.9 million doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) has arrived in Malawi at a critical time as cholera continues to spread across Malawi. OCV is recommended for…

Photograph Story: World Well being Group Ethiopia joins Emergency Response to Include the Cholera Outbreak

Photograph Story: World Well being Group Ethiopia joins Emergency Response to Include the Cholera Outbreak

World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia has joined Ethiopia's health authorities in their emergency response to a Cholera outbreak in Harena Buluk and Berbera woredas in the Oromia region.    On 14th September 2022, first cases…

Joint assertion by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day

Afar Region, Ethiopia, 05 November 2022 – Today we commemorate the 2022 World Polio Day (WPD) to highlight progress made by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and partners towards polio eradication, and we – the…

Beating Marburg virus outbreak: Ghana’s journey to victory

Beating Marburg virus outbreak: Ghana’s journey to victory

Accra - “We have been managing cases of outbreaks such as COVID-19, but Marburg raised the stakes much higher,” recounted Dr Joseph Darko, the Case Management Lead at the Apinto Government hospital in Ghana’s Western…

Uganda targets over 8.7 million kids with the brand new oral polio vaccine as a part of its course of to construct well being techniques resilience

Uganda targets over 8.7 million kids with the brand new oral polio vaccine as a part of its course of to construct well being techniques resilience

The Ugandan Ministry of Health is set to administer the new oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) to 8.7 million children aged zero to five years old in a nationwide door-to-door campaign from 4 to 10 November…

The higher Horn of Africa’s climate-related well being disaster worsens as illness outbreaks surge

The higher Horn of Africa’s climate-related well being disaster worsens as illness outbreaks surge

Brazzaville ‒ New analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health emergencies in the greater Horn Africa have reached their highest-ever level this century, deepening…

Flooding

Flooding

Lokoja, 2 November, 2022 - Nigeria is suffering widespread destruction from the flooding, affecting millions of people across 35 states. From hilly areas to plains, the flood has washed away houses, infrastructure, crops and livestock. …

Accelerating COVID-19 vaccination rollout essential for safeguarding folks’s well being in South Sudan

Accelerating COVID-19 vaccination rollout essential for safeguarding folks’s well being in South Sudan

The Global Lead Coordinator of the COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership, Mr Ted Chaiban concluded a high-level advocacy visit to South Sudan to ensure COVID-19 vaccination efforts are accelerated. Mr Chaiban met with senior government officials…

No suspected polio case is just too hard-to-reach for investigation and observe up in Ethiopia

No suspected polio case is just too hard-to-reach for investigation and observe up in Ethiopia

A glimpse into the work of a WHO surveillance officer in Somali region Abdisalan Muktar Ali is a World Health Organization (WHO) disease surveillance officer based in Dollo Zone in Ethiopia’s Somali Region. He is…

Bob Keegan Polio Eradication Heroes Fund was awarded to Mr Daniel Deng Galuak (Area Supervisor WHO South Sudan) posthumously

Bob Keegan Polio Eradication Heroes Fund was awarded to Mr Daniel Deng Galuak (Area Supervisor WHO South Sudan) posthumously

Mr Daniel Deng Galuak, who worked for WHO as a field supervisor in the Polio programme, was shot dead by an unidentified attacker at a health facility in Bieh Internally Displaced Persons camp in the…

 Screening invention strengthens battle in opposition to cervical most cancers in Ondo state.

 Screening invention strengthens battle in opposition to cervical most cancers in Ondo state.

Akure, 28 October, 2022 - When Mrs Olawale Damilola, a 40 years old lecturer, heard that the health facility in her locality was offering screening to detect early signs of cervical cancer, her mind flashed…