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 the keynote address at the 64th Annual General Conference of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) on the theme: doctor distribution

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 use during cholera outbreak to contain outbreaks and to limit the spread of the outbreak into new areas. As of

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 of Cholera were reported to WHO Ethiopia Country Officer after four stool samples with culture grown for Vibrio Cholera were

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 World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and ROTARY – reaffirm our commitment to continue delivering on our promise until polio is

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 Region, where the third Marburg case was successfully managed. “Despite the fears, we were determined to outsmart the virus in

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 2022, as part of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Children's

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 a health crisis in a region where 47 million people are already facing acute hunger. Most parts of the region

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.  When the floodwater levels started rising in his village, 48-year-old Mr Emos John and his wife were torn about what

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 including, H.E. Mr Hussein Abdel Bagi , the Vice President for Social Services Cluster and COVID-19 National Taskforce Chair, Vice

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 one of nine surveillance officers in the region supporting the regional health bureau in rumor investigation, active case search, and

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 northern Bentiu city in Unity State, South Sudan. The sad event occurred on 19 September 2022 during a supportive supervision

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 to stories of women whom she had heard died of the disease.  She immediately booked for  screening at the health