Africa’s routine immunization programmes are delivering measurable public health impact at scale, with millions of lives saved, and families and communities protected from the devastation of vaccine-preventable diseases.
Read moreDakar—“Before, I stayed at home. Now I am happy to go back to school,” says 15-year-old Boubacar Barry. This return marks a decisive turning point in his life. For nearly nine years, he lived with severely limited mobili…
Read moreNiamey—In the Emergency Obstetric and Neonatal Care (EmONC) simulation room at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Abdou Moumouni University in Niamey, future specialists train to manage complications before facing real-li…
Read moreCampo—In Campo, a humid forest town in southern Cameroon, daily life revolves around fishing and farming. Some vector borne diseases, despite having declined sharply, still persist—including sleeping sickness, also known…
Read moreThe WHO Regional Office for Africa and the African Union Commission (AUC) have renewed their commitment to stronger cross-border collaboration and coordinated action to accelerate the fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which affect more than one billion people globally. Around 35% of those affected live in Africa.
Read moreBrazzaville/Geneva—Nearly 20 million measles-related deaths have been averted in Africa since 2000 thanks to increasing vaccination coverage, according to the first-ever detailed analysis of…
Read moreThe health authorities in Burundi, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), are carrying out investigations to determine the cause of an illness that has led to five deaths and sickened 28 people in Mpanda district in the north of the country, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Read moreNiamey—In a small camp set up on the outskirts of Gueskérrou, a locality in the Diffa region in Niger near the Nigerian border, Amina, 34, describes the conditions in which she has lived since fleeing insecurity in her h…
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