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Closing win admission to gaps, rural populace solicit for more purposeful most most important healthcare centres

Closing win admission to gaps, rural populace solicit for more purposeful most most important healthcare centres

Abuja, 31 March, 2022 - Early in the morning on 24 September 2013, Rukayat Yunsa went into labour and was rushed to the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC), located close to her home at Kuchingoro community,…

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2022 Commemorated in The Gambia

World Tuberculosis (TB) Day 2022 Commemorated in The Gambia

On March 24, the world marks World Tuberculosis Day to raise public awareness about the global epidemic of tuberculosis and efforts to eliminate the disease. TB remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious killers. Each…

Stakeholders budge to form out gender inequality in Nigeria’s well being sector 

Stakeholders budge to form out gender inequality in Nigeria’s well being sector 

Abuja January 25, 2022 - Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is based on principles of equity. As such, in renewed efforts to strengthen equity and gender responsive health systems in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) is…

WHO receives a beautiful painting from a native Namibian Visual Artist

WHO receives a beautiful painting from a native Namibian Visual Artist

A Namibian visual artist, Hage Mukwendje, handed over a special painting to the World Health Organization on 21 January 2022 at the UN-House, Windhoek, Namibia.   The painting was done as part of the LEAD…

Teens Below the Age of 5 in Uganda accept of dwelling to consume pleasure in the Nationwide Condo-to-Condo Polio Immunization Campaign

Teens Below the Age of 5 in Uganda accept of dwelling to consume pleasure in the Nationwide Condo-to-Condo Polio Immunization Campaign

Ms Teopista is a mother of two little boys and a girl, all eligible for the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). For her, the launch of the National House-to-House Polio Immunization campaign could not have come…

First women individuals driving advocacy and interventions on elimination of cervical cancer in Nigeria

First women individuals driving advocacy and interventions on elimination of cervical cancer in Nigeria

Birnin-Kebbi, 21 January, 2022 - I learnt about cervical cancer and people dying from the disease while carrying out my duty as a journalist. I never took time to know my status until October 2021,…

Ethiopia to immunize over 1.8 million girls against human papillomavirus

Ethiopia to immunize over 1.8 million girls against human papillomavirus

21 January 2021, Addis Ababa – A human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign that aims to immunize over 1.8 million 14-year-old girls in nine regions against HPV is underway. The campaign commenced on 10 January 2022…

Ethiopia to vaccinate over 1.8 million ladies against human papillomavirus as share of force to forestall cervical most cancers

Ethiopia to vaccinate over 1.8 million ladies against human papillomavirus as share of force to forestall cervical most cancers

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting 1.8 million 14-year-old girls in nine regions is underway between 10 and 22 January. Vaccines are administered in schools and health facilities for two cohorts.  More than 866,000, 14-year-old girls are getting…

Niger negate authorities begins cervical cancer providers and products in accordance with WHO’s advice 

Niger negate authorities begins cervical cancer providers and products in accordance with WHO’s advice 

Minna, 20 January 2022 - In line with the World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendation for screening and treatment to prevent cervical cancer, the Niger State Government has begun screening women for Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and…

Cases fall for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs

Cases fall for first time as Africa’s fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs

Brazzaville – Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa have dropped significantly and deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant. The decline nudges the continent past…

Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge in Africa plateaus

Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge in Africa plateaus

Brazzaville, 13 January 2022 – After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now…

Treasured Neighborhood Response Lessons for 2022

Treasured Neighborhood Response Lessons for 2022

 As 2022 begins, health experts in Kenya have enough to reflect and act on towards vaccine acceleration efforts and sustenance of COVID-19 preventive and safety measures. MOH in an effort to accelerate vaccination, embarked on…