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How traditional healers became allies in Ebola response

How traditional healers became allies in Ebola response

Beni – At the entrance to the Centre de médecine tradi-moderne du…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 20 June 2020

20 June 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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MoHCC enriches Zimbabwe’s quarantine staff’s capacity to manage individuals in quarantine facilities

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Mazowe, Zimbabwe-  Twenty-four…
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A vaccinator provides a young girl with an oral polio vaccine in Kano State, Nigeria, 2020

Africa’s wild polio-free status to be determined in August

Brazzaville – The independent Africa Regional Certification…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 19 June 2020

19 June 2020 — Fifteen (15) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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Reaching communities in Chad with COVID-19 safety messages

Reaching communities in Chad with COVID-19 safety messages

N’Djamena – Ali Ngarba says his biggest worry about COVID-19 is that…
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Humanitarian crises, including health emergencies affect men and women differently. As COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa, there are concerns over its impact on women and girls, with vulnerabilities feared to worsen as the pandemic overwhelms health systems

WHO concerned over COVID-19 impact on women, girls in Africa

Brazzaville – Humanitarian crises, including health emergencies…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 18 June 2020

18 June 2020 — Seven (7) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 17 June 2020

17 June 2020 — Three (3) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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WHO official conducts community engagement in one of the communities in Masaka district

Uganda to win or lose COVID-19 war in communities

17th June 2020: - It is a public health fact that in Uganda, the war…
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