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World Well being Group and Authorities of Japan assist maternal well being at Kuisebmund Well being Centre

WALVIS BAY- It is a Wednesday morning at the Kuisebmund Health Centre and Shirleyn Awases is among the 20 women seeking antenatal care services at the facility.   The 31-year recently had a miscarriage and…

WHO Malawi Nation Workplace holds a 2022 Employees Retreat

WHO Malawi Nation Workplace holds a 2022 Employees Retreat

The World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi Country Office’s (WCO) team of 64 staff members converged in the lakeshore district of Mangochi from 10 to 15 August 2022 for a staff retreat. The main aim of…

Ghana declares finish of Marburg virus illness outbreak

Ghana declares finish of Marburg virus illness outbreak

Accra/Brazzaville – Ghana today declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak that was confirmed nearly two months ago. It was the first time the highly infectious haemorrhagic fever was detected in the West…

Assuaging public well being threats by significant partnerships in Rwanda

It has been over two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on COVID-19. In March 2020, the virus Rwanda had apprehensively watched from afar had emerged on its doorstep. Few could…

Eswatini hosts the fifteenth biennial East, Central and Southern Africa Faculty of Nursing convention

Eswatini hosts the fifteenth biennial East, Central and Southern Africa Faculty of Nursing convention

The Kingdom of Eswatini has once again hosted the East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) delegates for the 15th Biennial Scientific Conference and the 7th Quadrennial General Assembly. The conference kicked off…

Nose to nose with dying… ‘I discovered that nothing is unimaginable’

Nose to nose with dying… ‘I discovered that nothing is unimaginable’

GOBABIS- Thirty four year-old Erwin Meroro believed he would never get sick with COVID until he was hospitalized with the disease for over two months in the Gobabis State hospital. Meroro, the patient with the…

WHO’s GBV medical handbook an eye-opener for medical doctors in Namibia

WHO’s GBV medical handbook an eye-opener for medical doctors in Namibia

When Dr Ifeolu Oyedele first learned that he would be going for training on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ‘Clinical handbook for the health care of survivors subjected  to intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence’…

WHO improves the capability of African nations to generate high quality information merchandise for higher well being decision-making

WHO improves the capability of African nations to generate high quality information merchandise for higher well being decision-making

The World Health Organization has conducted a five-day capacity-building training for 22 national health observatory focal points from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda to generate a series of knowledge products that will support health…

Zimbabwe builds the capability to handle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance information

Zimbabwe builds the capability to handle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance information

By Vivian Mugarisi Mutare, Zimbabwe - Surveillance is a vital tool to provide crucial information that shapes the public health interventions. Sturdy information management systems are crucial for analysing and managing data from multisector antimicrobial…

A reactive measles marketing campaign is underway in Juba, South Sudan

A reactive measles marketing campaign is underway in Juba, South Sudan

A reactive measles vaccination campaign targeting 37 390 children aged between 6 months to 14 years is underway this week in Juba County. The campaign that started on 5 September 2022 is being implemented by…

Struggle towards COVID-19 in South Sudan

Struggle towards COVID-19 in South Sudan

The COVID-19 pandemic remains a public health concern affecting millions of families including the most vulnerable population. The World Health Organization (WHO) with funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting the…

The UN in Tanzania welcomes the World Fund Govt Director

The UN in Tanzania welcomes the World Fund Govt Director

Dar es Salaam - The Global Fund Executive Director, Mr. Peter Sands, was received in Tanzania for a two-day official visit that builds up towards the seventh Global Fund Replenishment conference set for 19 -21…