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Dr. Yonas Tegegn Op-ed on World Health day 2022

A healthy planet requires sustainable actions

Op-ed - The effects of climate change are clear and already…
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Fatimah Saliu, uses firewood to prepare meals for her family.

 Women using firewood face increasing health risks 

Abuja, 7 April, 2021 - On a sunny afternoon in Dukpa village, a…
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Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies

Africa faces rising climate-linked health emergencies

Brazzaville – Climate-related health emergencies are on the rise in…
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Mr Ede John Chimobi, a TB survivior

Tuberculosis is not a death sentence -survivor’s path to recovery  

Akwa, 6 April, 2022 - When 29 years old Mr Ede John Chimobi, a native…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and HE Mr HARADA Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan to Namibia in the Erongo at the Governor's Office.

Bringing quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care closer to the community

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from World…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and HE Mr HARADA Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan to Namibia in the Erongo at the Governor's Office.

Bringing quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care closer to the community

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from World…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and HE Mr HARADA Hideaki, the Ambassador of Japan to Namibia in the Erongo at the Governor's Office.

Bringing quality reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health care closer to the community

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from World…
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Siphephelosethu Ntjangase poses outside Nhlangano health center where he is receiving treatment

“WHY SHORTER TB REGIMEN IS THE MOST PREFFERED BY PATIENTS IN ESWATINI”

Siphephelosethu Ntjangase is a 21-year-old university student from…
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Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating yaws

Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating yaws

Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating…
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Health Minister, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah receiving first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during the launch in Monrovia

Liberia marks one year of COVID-19 vaccination, 1,124,277 people receive full dose

One year ago today, Liberia received its first COVID-19 doses from…
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