Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak
The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Ebola Sudan virus was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country.
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Boosting medical oxygen supplies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
In her small office at University Clinics of Kinshasa, nurse Agnès Bisilwala has her eyes trained on a row of large gas cylinders. “In the past, three or four days could go by without enough medical oxygen for our COVID-19 patients in intensive care,” she says. “Many of them were unable to maintain their oxygenation and succumbed to the virus.”
Read moreWHO improves the capacity of African countries to generate quality knowledge products for better health decision-making
The World Health Organization has conducted a five-day capacity-building training for 22 national health observatory focal points from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda to generate a series of knowledge produ…
Read moreCOVID-19 threatens elimination of deadly form of meningitis in Africa, more than 50 million children miss vaccination
Brazzaville – With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk of outbreaks of meningitis type A, which has nearly…
Read moreQ&A with the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Civil Aid Operations (ECHO)
Rolling out the COVID 19 vaccination campaign across the continent has been a challenging task. So, what happens in a country grappling with humanitarian crisis as well? Ian Van Engelgem, Technical Assistant in the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection department’s (ECHO) office in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, discusses EU’s support to the efforts by WHO and partners to deliver the vaccine in 15 African countries facing humanitarian crises.
Read moreAfrican Union and WHO urge swift action against childhood tuberculosis
The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis among children in Africa.
Read more‘Healthy Food Market’ programme bolsters food safety in Senegal
Alioune Samb works as a butcher at the bustling Grand Dakar market in the heart of the Senegalese capital. “Before, we weren’t conscious of the potential dangers of our behaviours and the poor sanitation of the market,” he admits.
Read moreTransforming Africa’s health system in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
As Africa strives to recover from the deepfelt impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities and experts gathering this week for the Seventy-second session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa launched a new drive to find ways of revamping the region’s health systems.
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