Namibia joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Diabetes Day on 14 November under the theme “Access to diabetes care” which highlight the importance of prevention and response efforts. In 2021, globally over 537 million adults (20-79 years) were living with diabetes, which is 1 in 10 people having diabetes.  Diabetes was responsible

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from WHO, trained national and regional risk communication and community engagement pillar members on Infodemic management. The spread of the COVD-19 pandemic has been followed by unprecedented and repeated waves of misinformation and disinformation generating what has been defined as an Infodemic. This overabundance of misleading

Accra, Ghana - Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) have become a major health burden in developing countries, largely due to the rapid changes in demography and social and economic development and accounting for about 50% of deaths in most countries in Africa. In Ghana, NCDs account for 43% all-cause mortality, with major NCDs such as heart disease

Nouakchott – In late August 2022 Mauritania’s health authorities received reports of several cases of miscarriage among camel herds in the southern Boutilimit Valley region. Within less than 24 hours, three emergency teams had been dispatched to respond to the alert. “These kinds of events may indicate that there is a potential risk of a

Accra/Lusaka/Pretoria —Twice a week, a team of scientists from South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) traverses the country’s metropolitan areas, visiting up to 50 wastewater treatment sites to fill bottles with effluent. The bottles are sealed and disinfected, then transported to a network of laboratories across the country where their contents will be

The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in close collaboration with the Ethiopian Country Office of World Health Organization (WHO-Ethiopia) hosted an Inter-Country Coordination Meeting of Cross-Border Pastoral Project on Using innovative digital solutions for improving Access to Health Care Services and Nutrition Information in Cross-Border Pastoral Communities. With a financial assistance from Italian Agency

Maiduguri, 20 December, 2022 - “I was separated from people I knew. Everyone had been displaced and there were lots of killings, and uncertainty, we could not go to the farm or market because of fear. At some point, I lost it, says 59 years old Hajara Adamu, a resident of Jere Local Government Area

Yola, 20 December, 2022 - In August 2022, 31 years old Mrs Jenifer James, of Mumore community, Tongo Local Government Area in Adamawa State had just returned from the market when she developed a fever.  “It started with a headache, high temperature, body ache and later rashes all over my body,” she says in an

WCO Eritrea staff conducted in-house training on preventing and responding to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment in the WCO Conference Hall on 2 December 2022. Staff members had an in-depth discussion on the subject and shares among themselves different examples.  Mrs. Lemlem Asfaha, the Budget and Finance Assistant and WCO focal person on PRSEAH facilitated the

Kampala - World Health Organization (WHO) has provided in-kind contributions of medical supplies worth 1,123,672 (equivalent to UGX 4.1 billion) to the Ministry of Health to address the health consequences of the drought and food insecurity affecting more than 19 districts in Karamoja, Lango and Teso regions of Uganda. The medical supplies were handed over

Borno, 15 December, 2022 - One of the 36 States in Nigeria, had been experiencing incessant power outages since 2020, leaving some locations in the state in total darkness, due to the disruption of the power grid caused by insecurity. This has hampered operations at the polio laboratory situated at the University of Maiduguri Teaching

12th December 2022, Monrovia: Liberia joined the global community in commemoration of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day under the theme - Building the Liberia we want: A Healthy Future for All. Climaxing this important event, the country launched seven policy and strategic health documents as a demonstration of health and well-being being an essential priority