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“I had always asked my family members to sit outside for one or two hours at night just before bedtime, when I usually spray the bedroom with indoor sprays,” says Hajia Hauwa Abiso, who lives in the north-eastern Nigerian state of Borno. “Little did I know that mosquito bites during this period were enough to infect them.”

Only three of the 47 countries in WHO African Region are on track to eliminate viral hepatitis that affects one in 15 people in the region, according to a new WHO scorecard. Administration of the hepatitis B vaccination at birth and in early infancy is the most effective way to halt transmission, but only 11 countries are following this recommendation.

Uganda’s Ministry of Health and WHO confirm Ebola in a five-year-old boy who crossed the border with his family from neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The patient becomes Uganda’s first confirmed case in the ongoing outbreak in the DRC.

The Prime Minister Hon. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth presented on 11 June 2019 the National Budget for year2019-2020.  According to Hon. P. K. Jugnauth, the 2019-2020 is a budget that speaks to the aspirations of youth, men and women and above all, to the well-being of the Mauritian population. The Government of Mauritius is placing high priority on improving health and the well-being of the population, especially by addressing Noncommunicable Diseases, and this is reflected in some of the majors decisions announced by the Prime Minister