Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman may not get a transfer to Arsenal as the Premier League club have opened talks with Nico Williams’ camp ahead of a potential transfer in the summer, Soccernet.ng reports. Lookman has been brilliant for Atalanta since he joined the club three seasons ago. The Super Eagles forward has registered 50
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
By Vivian Mugarisi Masvingo, Zimbabwe – Mwenezi Ward 10 Councillor Pilate Sayi is doing his part to ensure no child in his area is left behind when it comes to vaccination. Leveraging his position, he has taken it upon himself to sensitize residents of his community about the importance of participating in immunization activities. “MoHCC always
Brazzaville – As weekly cholera cases in the affected African countries decline, heavy flooding due to seasonal rains and tropical cyclones in southern Africa are raising the risk of the disease spreading and threatening to undermine outbreak control efforts. New cholera cases fell to 2880 in the week ending on 26 February, a 37% decline compared
Dar es Salaam - This week, technical experts from the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Revenue Authorities, Ministries of Health in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar and WHO Country Office are meeting to deep dive into tobacco taxation - the most effective and most cost-effective measure to reduce tobacco consumption. Through technical assistance from the WHO
Bujumbura – Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband as a particularly dark period of her life. “I thought about killing myself, but I was afraid of leaving my children alone,” says the 23-year-old mother of five, who lives in Kirundo province in northern Burundi. Hers
By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe – Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without having to suffer financial hardship to pay for it. It covers the full continuum of essential health services, from health promotion to
WHO South Sudan conducted a three-day staff retreat from 24 to 26 January 2023 in Juba. The objective of the retreat was to do a self-reflection on the progress the office has made so far and how it can work better as a team to achieve the Triple Billion goals in South Sudan to “ensure
Kigoma - Kigoma region is among the five regions with the highest number of maternal deaths in the country. For the year 2022, the region reported 102 maternal deaths and 757 perinatal deaths. In the past three years maternal deaths fluctuated from 110 deaths in 2020, down to 75 in 2021 to 102 in 2022.
Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022, rapid diagnostic testing of everyone living within 100 metres of newly confirmed cases helped break transmission chains and significantly boosted the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines through reactive vaccination. The community-based testing strategy to decentralize COVID-19 response allowed health workers to conduct door-to-door community sensitization to tackle COVID-19 misinformation, including
Maputo – Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720 000 people in eight districts as the country steps up control measures against an outbreak in which 5260 cases and 37 deaths have been recorded to date since September 2022. People aged one year and older will be vaccinated in the five-day
By Dr Tapfumaneyi Mashe Harare, Zimbabwe - Over reliance on antibiotics has also led to the growing silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) over the years. AMR happens when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve and stop responding to antimicrobials over time. The Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Escherichia coli (ESBL Ec) Tricycle study's preliminary findings indicated
News Ghanaian gospel singer and man of God, Sonnie Badu, lashed out at fellow prophets who primarily prophesy ‘doom’ on the lives of prominent people. Badu said the practice, which has become frequent in Ghana in recent years, is not indicative of power as most Ghanaian prophets project to the public. The U.K.-based singer took