Kalemie (Tanganyika Province) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo today launched a massive cholera vaccination campaign targeting 2 million people aged one year and above in three provinces in the east of the country to halt an ongoing outbreak. The campaign is being caried out in Haut-Lomami, South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces—the most affected…

A medical doctor with a master’s degree in Public Health, Dr Annet Kisakye ran medical wards in public and private hospitals in Kampala before joining the World Health Organization in 2001. She began working as Uganda’s Immunization and Surveillance Officer, expanding her portfolio over time to include a range of vaccine preventable diseases and Integrated…

Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well under way. All but one of Africa’s 54 nations are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and around 250 million doses have been given on the continent. Yet just 3% of the almost 8 billion doses given globally have been administered in Africa, and only around 8% of Africans are fully…

Brazzaville/Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared the meningitis outbreak that erupted in the north-eastern Tshopo Province over. A total of 2662 cases and 205 deaths were recorded. To bring the outbreak under control, the national and provincial health authorities with support from World Health Organization (WHO) mounted a robust response in…

Abuja, 21 December 2021- The emergence of the COVID 19 omicron variant, has continued to rage, with attendant consequences. The situation is posing an even greater strain on progress with ending AIDS, disrupting HIV prevention and treatment services, schooling, violence prevention programmes and more. Bold action to stop COVID 19, mitigate its impact on the…

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Emergency Risk Communication for Public Health Professionals is an online course that presents fundamental training concepts for communicating with the media and community in the event of a public health emergency. The main goal of the course is to enhance the ability of public health professionals to communicate with the media and the community during…

A well-written and valuable guide on the ethics of influenza vaccine distribution was the product of a multidisciplinary work group composed of public health professionals, ethicists, healthcare providers, and legal experts. The aim of the work group was to provide ethical guidance for Minnesota's statewide pandemic planning efforts, and the group chose to focus on…

A concept paper provides a process by which a public health department can provide statewide accessibility to select medical information and home medical treatment during an influenza pandemic. Existing Medical Coordination Centers (MCCs) are proposed as regional centers for public health operations, such as phone banks, home visit dispatch, provision of medical advice, security, Medical…