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Yaffa Fatoumata

“It weighs you down,” Congo COVID-19 survivor recounts

Yaffa Fatoumata hoped that the fever and the sore throat she was suffering were just signs of a passing flu. However, when the symptoms persisted, the26-year-old legal assistant in Republic of the Congo’s Ministry of Communication decided to get tested for COVID-19. Two days after the test, her results turned out positive for the virus.
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Ministry of Health and WHO staff teaching health workers proper donning and doffing of a Personal Protective Equipment

Arua Regional Referral Hospital Medical Team Learns Quick Valuable Lessons from COVID-19 Response

Kampala, 24 September 2020: - For many health workers of Arua Regional Referral Hospital (ARRH), 24th April 2020 is a day they will always remember with some tr

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Laura Nagasha

Surviving COVID-19 and fighting stigma in Uganda

Kampala – When 30-year-old Ugandan entrepreneur Laura Nagasha returned from a holiday in Dubai in March, Uganda was yet to register any confirmed cases of COVID

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 23 September 2020

23 September 2020 — Forty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2273 samples tested today.

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COVID-19 laboratory testing

Rwanda’s response to COVID-19 brings out the need to prepare and learn from practice

Wash your hands, wear your face mask and practice physical distancing.

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Bagama Guehara

Overcoming COVID-19 at 99 years-old in Guinea

When Bagama Guehara walked out of Donka Hospital in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, on 7 July this year, leaning on a walking stick for support, she was met with a rapturous applause from the medical staff and fellow patients.
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Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

In the context of the double burden of COVID-19 and Humanitarian Emergencies in the Sahel region, analysis of data from the official weekly telegram-letter (TLOH) of the Ministr

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How to certify a region as wild polio-free: Interview with Professor Rose Leke

How to certify a region as wild polio-free: Interview with Professor Rose Leke

After the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate polio worldwide in 1988, the Global Certification Commission led the way in establishing a formal process for certifying regions polio-free, asking each of the six WHO regions to set up a Regional Certification Commission. 
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