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WHO and Companions revamp battle in opposition to cholera in Africa

WHO and Companions revamp battle in opposition to cholera in Africa

Dar es Salaam: The World Health Organization in the African region is embarking on a continent-wide effort to eliminate Cholera in the Region. This commitment is in line with “the Ending cholera: A global roadmap to…

Q&A with the Directorate-Basic for European Civil Safety and Civil Help Operations (ECHO)

Q&A with the Directorate-Basic for European Civil Safety and Civil Help Operations (ECHO)

Brazzaville – Rolling out the COVID 19 vaccination campaign across the continent has been a challenging task. So, what happens in a country grappling with humanitarian crisis as well? Ian Van Engelgem, Technical Assistant in the…

African Union and WHO urge swift motion in opposition to childhood tuberculosis

African Union and WHO urge swift motion in opposition to childhood tuberculosis

Lomé – The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis among children in Africa. The appeal was made jointly with…

The Ethiopian Ministry of Well being Launches a 5-Yr Nationwide Well being Fairness Technique at a Excessive-Degree Advocacy Workshop on Well being Fairness

The Ethiopian Ministry of Well being Launches a 5-Yr Nationwide Well being Fairness Technique at a Excessive-Degree Advocacy Workshop on Well being Fairness

The Ministry of Health of Ethiopia launched a Five-Year National Health Equity Strategy on 18 August 2022 during a one-day high-level advocacy workshop. The workshop, jointly organized with the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ethiopia…

Zimbabwe conducts well being labour market evaluation

Zimbabwe conducts well being labour market evaluation

By Vivian Mugarisi Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s National Health Strategy 2021-2025 aims at improving the health and wellbeing of the population and eventually ensuring universal health coverage. Achieving universal health coverage is dependent on sufficient,…

WHO Ethiopia celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 2022 with the worldwide theme “Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Assist”

WHO Ethiopia celebrates World Breastfeeding Week 2022 with the worldwide theme “Step up for breastfeeding: Educate and Assist”

World Breastfeeding Week is commemorated worldwide in the first week of August to emphasize the importance of regular breastfeeding for babies and to encourage and support breastfeeding. The week also marks the anniversary of the…

WHO pledges help to Kano for improved well being indices amidst demographic associated challenges 

WHO pledges help to Kano for improved well being indices amidst demographic associated challenges 

Kano, 26 August, 2022 - The WHO Country Representative, (WR) Dr Walter K. Malumbo, has given Kano State, a pat on the back for historic role in Polio Eradication and presently, efforts in ramping up…

States replicate profitable low-cost hypertension answer mannequin in over 80 PHC centres

States replicate profitable low-cost hypertension answer mannequin in over 80 PHC centres

Abuja, 26 August, 2022 - When 38-year-old man Mr Hassan Olusoji, residing at Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, was diagnosed with high blood pressure (HBP) at a Primary Health Care Centre (PHC), in Italapo, in same…

Nigeria reaches weak inhabitants with  client-centred methods for management of TB and COVID-19 

Nigeria reaches weak inhabitants with  client-centred methods for management of TB and COVID-19 

Abuja, 26 August, 2022 - On a recent weekday, when 25-year-old John Odido left his home at Gishiri Village, Abuja, to his barbing shop in the same community, he had no plan to conduct any…

African well being ministers undertake new regional technique to rework well being safety

African well being ministers undertake new regional technique to rework well being safety

Lomé – Spurred by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fragile health systems, African health ministers this week adopted a new eight-year strategy to transform health security and emergency response in the region.…

UNICEF and WHO step up efforts to include Cholera in Malawi and name for extra funds and help

Lilongwe, 24 August 2022 – The cholera outbreak, initially limited to the southern part of the country, has now spread to Malawi's northern and central regions. To date, 1,483 cases and 58 deaths have been recorded…

Remodeling Africa’s well being system in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Remodeling Africa’s well being system in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Lomé – As Africa strives to recover from the deepfelt impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities and experts gathering this week for the Seventy-second session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa launched…