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Contact tracers and village well being groups tackle Ebola in Uganda

Contact tracers and village well being groups tackle Ebola in Uganda

Madudu, Uganda ‒ Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 20 September, health assistant Nyangoma Kirrungi has been on the frontline of the country’s response day in and day out, working as a…

Zimbabwe to embark on mass vaccinations in opposition to Wild Polio

Zimbabwe to embark on mass vaccinations in opposition to Wild Polio

Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe today joins a synchronized multicountry polio vaccination campaign aimed at protecting children against polio. More than 2.5 million children under five years of age are targeted across the country in the…

OXYGEN IS LIFE: LIBERIA COMMISSIONS ITS LARGEST MEDICAL OXYGEN PLANT AT THE STAR BASE FACILITY ON BUSHROD ISLAND

OXYGEN IS LIFE: LIBERIA COMMISSIONS ITS LARGEST MEDICAL OXYGEN PLANT AT THE STAR BASE FACILITY ON BUSHROD ISLAND

The current COVID-19 pandemic and the Ebola virus disease are just two of the major shocks that Liberia's health system has experienced. Lessons from these public health events have shown how critical it is to…

WHO donates cholera provides to step up cholera outbreak response in Malawi

WHO donates cholera provides to step up cholera outbreak response in Malawi

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated cholera kits and medical supplies to the Ministry of Health in Malawi to step up its cholera outbreak response. The WHO country representative for Malawi Dr Neema Rusibamayila…

An enabling atmosphere, investments and political will may change the SRHR narrative in Zimbabwe and Africa

An enabling atmosphere, investments and political will may change the SRHR narrative in Zimbabwe and Africa

By Vivian Mugarisi Despite proven impact of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) on maternal, new-born, child, and adolescent health outcomes, underfunding of SRHR issues persists. Significant proportion of the population particularly adolescent girls…

Increasing remedy of psychological sickness in rural Sierra Leone

Increasing remedy of psychological sickness in rural Sierra Leone

Living with mental illness has been a harrowing ordeal for Safiatu Kondeh. The 34-year-old, who lives in Kabala, northern Sierra Leone, with her mother and two children, has had to endure conditions almost worse than…

Progress in polio eradication in Africa

Progress in polio eradication in Africa

Abuja – The African region has made significant strides in the fight against polio, reaching a monumental achievement in August 2020 when the region was certified as free of indigenous wild polio after eliminating all…

Ghana targets over 7 million in polio vaccination drive

Ghana targets over 7 million in polio vaccination drive

Accra – Six-month-old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in Ghana’s Volta Region is among millions of children receiving the vaccine against polio variant type 2 this month.  Kafui, Sefadzi´s mother, knows the value of vaccines and…

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Mozambique’s polio combat

Overcoming vaccine hesitancy in Mozambique’s polio combat

Lichinga, Mozambique – It is the last day of polio vaccination campaign in Niassa, a province in northern Mozambique, and a mobile vaccination team headed by health worker Celina Miguel is going house-to-house in a…

Ministry of Well being and Growth companions tour Ebola Remedy Models to strengthen response preparedness within the nation

Ministry of Well being and Growth companions tour Ebola Remedy Models to strengthen response preparedness within the nation

The Ministry of Health in Uganda in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) organized a guided tour for development partners to the Entebbe and Mulago Ebola Treatment Units (ETU) to assess the state and…

COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

Brazzaville – COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered monthly declined by over 50% between July and September, a World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds. Although…

Redefining psychological healthcare in Ghana

Redefining psychological healthcare in Ghana

Accra - Mental, neurological and substance use disorders account for more than 10% of the global disease burden. The lost productivity resulting from depression and anxiety, two of the most common mental disorders, cost the global…