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Containing marburg illness

Containing marburg illness

When a man in Temessadou M’Boket – a village in the densely forested southern Guinea region – died in early August 2021 after suffering fever, headache and haemorrhage, Fassara Diawara, the head of a local…

Ending Marburg outbreak swiftly

Ending Marburg outbreak swiftly

When a man in Temessadou M’Boket – a village in the densely forested southern Guinea region – died in early August 2021 after suffering fever, headache and haemorrhage, Fassara Diawara, the head of a local…

WHO dedicated to reinforce Nigeria in operationalizing the Nationwide Health Insurance Authority Act 2022. 

WHO dedicated to reinforce Nigeria in operationalizing the Nationwide Health Insurance Authority Act 2022. 

Abuja, 1 August, 2022 - The World Health Organization Country Representative (WR), Walter Kazadi Mulombo, has underscored the organization's commitment to supporting Nigeria in fast-tracking the operationalization of the recently enacted Health Insurance Act.  Dr…

Meeting On Inferior-Border Healthcare: Strengthening Coordination And Collaboration In The Horn Of Africa

Meeting On Inferior-Border Healthcare: Strengthening Coordination And Collaboration In The Horn Of Africa

On June 20, 2022, a cross-border coordination meeting between Ethiopia and Somalia was held in Dollo Ado, a border town between Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The goal of the meeting was to reinforce the multisectoral…

Dwelling with Hepatitis-Day within the existence of a affected person

Dwelling with Hepatitis-Day within the existence of a affected person

Abuja, 28 July, 2022 - After being diagnosed with hepatitis B in February 2021, Mrs Titilope Dada, 30, wept heavily for weeks, thinking it was a death sentence.  She was diagnosed with hepatitis B at…

Liberia proclaims Monkey pox outbreak – First case confirmed in Maryland

Liberia proclaims Monkey pox outbreak – First case confirmed in Maryland

Monrovia, July 25, 2022: The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute of Liberia has today declared an out-break of monkey pox, following confirmation of a case in Maryland…

Nigeria seeks to effect away with extreme and gradually lethal mouth illness

Nigeria seeks to effect away with extreme and gradually lethal mouth illness

As Chief Medical Director at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in the northwest corner of Nigeria, Dr Shafiu Isah dedicates his days to treating children suffering from a neglected disease that few people have even…

Higher discovering out boosts leprosy response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Higher discovering out boosts leprosy response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa – Yole Monlwa, 22, vividly remembers the day he heard a radio broadcast on the importance of testing for leprosy. “At the time, I could not feel my hand, nor even move my fingers.…

91 million Africans contaminated with Hepatitis B or C

91 million Africans contaminated with Hepatitis B or C

Brazzaville - More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) scorecard that launched today – ahead of tomorrow’s World Hepatitis Day. The Viral Hepatitis Scorecard 2021 looks…

Vaccine “Champions” deploy in Rukwa & Zanzibar

Vaccine “Champions” deploy in Rukwa & Zanzibar

Sumbawanga and Zanzibar – The World Health Organization in Tanzania is working with the Ministries of Health in Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, to implement a community mobilization campaign aimed at raising the coverage of COVID-19…

WHO, CDC and the Ministry of Health trained 70 Emergency Responders to toughen health emergency administration in Uganda

The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) trained over 70 emergency responders, including managers, national trainers, and rapid response teams, on rapid deployment…

Ancient funding to boost roll-out of first-ever malaria vaccine in Africa

Ancient funding to boost roll-out of first-ever malaria vaccine in Africa

Brazzaville – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding to introduce, or further roll-out, the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine. This…