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Launching of the Eritrea Effectively being Sector Strategic Pattern Thought 2022-26 (HSSDP III), Wanted Effectively being Care Equipment, National Action Thought for Effectively being Security 2022-26 (NAPHS)

Launching of the Eritrea Effectively being Sector Strategic Pattern Thought 2022-26 (HSSDP III), Wanted Effectively being Care Equipment, National Action Thought for Effectively being Security 2022-26 (NAPHS)

29 April 2022 Eritrea in a high-profile event celebrated the launch of four strategic documents: The National Health Sector Strategic Development Plan 2022-26 (HSSDP III) and its Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, the Essential Health Care…

Rep lost ground on vaccine-preventable ailments in Botswana

Rep lost ground on vaccine-preventable ailments in Botswana

Gaborone, 28 April 2022 – Pandemic-related disruptions, increasing inequalities in access to vaccines, and the COVID-19-related diversion of resources from routine immunization are leaving too many children without protection against vaccine-preventable diseases. As Botswana joins…

Strategizing to urge the chop value of maternal mortality in the African Declare

Strategizing to urge the chop value of maternal mortality in the African Declare

Johannesburg, April 29, 2022 – The African Region accounted for 66% of the 303,000 maternal deaths recorded globally in 2017.  To address this situation, WHO in collaboration with UNFPA, UNICEF and partners supports Member States…

WHO releases bigger than US$ 8 million for the Sahel’s humanitarian response 

WHO releases bigger than US$ 8 million for the Sahel’s humanitarian response 

Brazzaville – World Health Organization (WHO) has released US$ 8.3 million from its Contingency Funding for Emergencies to assist the 10.6 million people in need of emergency health services in the Sahel region. Humanitarian agencies…

Fast vaccination campaign helps discontinuance cholera outbreak in Niger

Fast vaccination campaign helps discontinuance cholera outbreak in Niger

Niamey – "What I experienced with this disease is terrible. I saw death at close range." Amadou Elh Mamoudou counts himself fortunate. The 35-year-old survived a cholera outbreak in his village of Maradi, in south-central…

Vaccine-preventable illness outbreaks on the upward thrust in Africa

Vaccine-preventable illness outbreaks on the upward thrust in Africa

Brazzaville – Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. Almost 17 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March 2022, marking a…

WHO Tanzania launches its third Country Cooperation Map

WHO Tanzania launches its third Country Cooperation Map

Dar es Salaam, 27 April 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Tanzania Country Office launched the third WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS). The strategy launched provides a roadmap for WHO support to the United…

Over 1.8 million kids gain treatment for bilharzia and intestinal worms

At least 1.8 million received free oral treatment for schistosomiasis (bilharzia) and soil transmitted helminthiases (intestinal worms) during a mass treatment exercise conducted from 3-9 April 2022.  Bilharzia and intestinal worms are two of the…

Stakeholders endorse collective progressive intention for eradication of  malaria in Nigeria

Stakeholders endorse collective progressive intention for eradication of  malaria in Nigeria

Abuja, 27 April, 2022 - To commemorate the 2022 World Malaria Day (WMD), World Health Organization (WHO) and stakeholders have endorsed a collective, innovative and transformative approach towards tackling the malaria scourge in the Nigeria. …

Gender-responsive strengthen from Nigeria’s polio eradication programme to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy 

Gender-responsive strengthen from Nigeria’s polio eradication programme to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy 

Ibadan, 27 April 2022 - Fatunmobi Christiana, a nursing officer with nearly 30years of working experience, is very well-known in her community, particularly among mothers. As matron and officer-in-charge of Idi-Ogugun Primary Health Care Centre…

Democratic Republic of the Congo kicks off Ebola vaccination

Democratic Republic of the Congo kicks off Ebola vaccination

Brazzaville/Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of the Congo today kicked off Ebola vaccination in Mbandaka, the capital city of Equateur Province in the north-west, to halt the spread of the virus following an outbreak which…

WHO facilitates training of health workers on Oral Cholera vaccines for preparedness in opposition to cholera outbreaks x

WHO facilitates training of health workers on Oral Cholera vaccines for preparedness in opposition to cholera outbreaks x

Abuja, 26 April, 2022 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has kicked off a five-day workshop on 25 April 2002 in Abuja for public health officials to strengthen the capacities to integrate oral cholera vaccination…