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World Well being Group and Ministry of Well being requires assist to include cholera outbreak earlier than wet season.

World Well being Group and Ministry of Well being requires assist to include cholera outbreak earlier than wet season.

Malawi is battling a protracted cholera outbreak that begun in March 2022 in districts affected by Tropical storm Anna and Cyclone Gombe in the Southern region of the Country. The current outbreak is unprecedented, spreading…

Serving to to interrupt psychological well being care boundaries in Kenya

Serving to to interrupt psychological well being care boundaries in Kenya

Nairobi – In a previous stint as a chemistry teacher Dr Gladys Mwiti could not help but notice flagging performance among her students. She would later discover that the underachievement was largely due to unresolved…

Enhancing entry to psychological well being providers in Ghana

Enhancing entry to psychological well being providers in Ghana

Accra – A traumatic motor accident marked a turning point for Mariama Issifu. It was during treatment for her injuries that the 37-year-old teacher was first diagnosed with bipolar disorder. But instead of gaining clarity…

Ministry of Well being, WHO and USAID strengthen safety of well being staff In the course of the Ebola outbreak response in Uganda

Ministry of Well being, WHO and USAID strengthen safety of well being staff In the course of the Ebola outbreak response in Uganda

Kampala - The Ministry of Health in Uganda has received from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the World Health Organization (WHO), an assorted set of supplies to constitute three Viral Haemorrhagic…

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

By Dr Brian Chirombo – World Health Organization Representative to Rwanda There is no shortage of calamities that can affect our mental health and well-being. With a pandemic in its third year, a rise in…

In Nigeria, well being employees discover ways to assist girls dealing with gender-based violence

In Nigeria, well being employees discover ways to assist girls dealing with gender-based violence

Borno, 7 Ocotber, 2022 – Like many health workers across the Sahel, Mairama Baba Yadafa has been witnessing first-hand the multiple impacts of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has gripped the region: drought has hunger…

GAVI’s contribution to the COVID-19 response to pandemic

GAVI’s contribution to the COVID-19 response to pandemic

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has played a critical role in helping African countries secure lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines. It has also supported national efforts to maintain vaccination campaigns for other vaccine-preventable diseases during the pandemic. Dr…

Reversing suicide, psychological well being disaster in Africa

Reversing suicide, psychological well being disaster in Africa

Brazzaville – World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which has the world’s highest rates of death by suicide. Around 11…

Sierra Leone targets cervical most cancers mortality by vaccinating ladies

Sierra Leone targets cervical most cancers mortality by vaccinating ladies

Freetown – An age-old social belief that “what goes on under the cloth should remain under the cloth” is killing women in Sierra Leone. “People are dying in silence,” says Dr Desmond Maada Kangbai, the…

Investing in malaria prevention and elimination: Liberia launches the 2022 Malaria Indicators Survey

Investing in malaria prevention and elimination: Liberia launches the 2022 Malaria Indicators Survey

3 October 2022, Monrovia:  Malaria is still one of the lead causes of death in Africa; as such, investments in the control and eradication of malaria are key towards creating healthier and more affluent societies…

Zimbabwe intensifies polio surveillance

Zimbabwe intensifies polio surveillance

By Vivian Mugarisi Harare, Zimbabwe - In the wake of wild-polio outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique, neighbouring countries have stepped up surveillance to detect cases while preparing for vaccination campaigns recommended by the World Health…

WHO embraces older individuals in Tanzania

WHO embraces older individuals in Tanzania

Zanzibar & Mainland: Each year, we commemorate the “International Day of Older Persons” on 1 October to raise public awareness about the opportunities and challenges presented to the ageing populations and to mobilize the families, community…