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Sierra Leone introduces Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to guard ladies from cervical most cancers

Sierra Leone introduces Human Papilloma Virus vaccine to guard ladies from cervical most cancers

Joint Press Release - Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Gavi and the United Nations FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - 03 October 2022 - In a move to protect adolescent girls from cervical cancer, the Government of…

Forging stakeholder collaboration for improved healthcare for individuals residing with epilepsy and different neurological problems

Forging stakeholder collaboration for improved healthcare for individuals residing with epilepsy and different neurological problems

Neurological disorders are a significant contributor to the global mortality and morbidity. They are responsible for close to 9 million deaths per year. Whilst it is estimated that globally, about 50 million people suffer from…

Uganda Defines Priorities and Wants in Its Ebola Response Plan

Uganda Defines Priorities and Wants in Its Ebola Response Plan

Kampala - The Ministry of Health and health development partners in Uganda, including the World Health Organization (WHO), have launched the country's Ebola response plan highlighting planned activities, priority needs and gaps. Bringing together the country's…

Supporting Madagascar’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake at 78

Supporting Madagascar’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake at 78

Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar – “The vaccine at all costs to survive the COVID-19 pandemic.” This is the credo of Justine Rasoanindrina, a grandmother of eight Ambatondrazaka district, more than 270 km from Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo. At 78,…

WHO delivers important well being providers to fulfill primary humanitarian wants of 1 million individuals 

WHO delivers important well being providers to fulfill primary humanitarian wants of 1 million individuals 

Yola, 30 September, 2022 - In line with the target of improving the health of billions of people by 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting three states in northeast Nigeria – Borno, Adamawa…

Moms undertake Seasonal Malaria chemoprevention medication to maintain malaria at bay in Adamawa State

Moms undertake Seasonal Malaria chemoprevention medication to maintain malaria at bay in Adamawa State

Yola, 30 September, 2022 - Sitting on a wooden stool in front of her house at Dobeli community in Yola North Local Government Area (LGA), Hajara Yusuf, a (27 years old mother of three) was…

Closing the hole to spice up COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Manyara

Closing the hole to spice up COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Manyara

Manyara Region - Until recently, Tanzania was among a few African countries that have fully vaccinated less than 10% of their eligible target population. As of June 2022, Tanzania had fully vaccinated only 8% of the…

WHO applauds new Lancet Report on Most cancers in sub-Saharan Africa

WHO applauds new Lancet Report on Most cancers in sub-Saharan Africa

It is estimated that more than 1.1 million people in Africa will be dying from cancers annually in 2030 if the current growth of cancers is not checked.  Cancers constitute a significant share of a…

Classes from WHO GBV scientific handbook

Classes from WHO GBV scientific handbook

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a sensitive topic that requires professionals working with victims and survivors to be empathetic.  The World Health Organization (WHO)‘Clinical Handbook on the Health Care of Survivors Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence…

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response

Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response

Brazzaville/Kampala/Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged six weeks ago in the country’s North Kivu Province. The announcement came as neighbouring Uganda races to curb…

Well being Improvement Companions Mobilized to Finish the Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

Well being Improvement Companions Mobilized to Finish the Ebola Outbreak in Uganda

The leadership of the Ugandan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and other health partners visited the Ebola-affected areas of Mubende district on 24 September to assess the health situation, understand the gaps…

Curbing Ebola resurgence threat amongst survivors in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Curbing Ebola resurgence threat amongst survivors in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa – In 2018, World Health Organization (WHO), working with the Democratic Republic of the Congo health authorities and other health partners, set up a programme to monitor the health of Ebola survivors and support…