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Bolstering the cholera outbreak response through community outreach in Malawi
Malawi has been undergoing an After-Action Review of the recent Cholera outbreak. The outbreak has been dubbed the worst in the country’s history. Highlighted are some of the key lessons captured to improve public health emergency preparedness and management capacities. This process is in…
Malawi launches 1.8 billion Campaign for the wellbeing of young people. Stop the stigma towards people with mental issues. Support the wellbeing of adolescents and young people. Stop the stigma towards people with mental health conditions. Support the well-being of adolescents and young people.
Freetown ‒ Between 2014 and 2016, the highly infectious Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Sierra Leone and neighboring countries claimed the lives of over 4000 men, women and children in the country. At the time, the surveillance system, which was partially rolled out in 2003 by the…
Freetown ‒ On November 5, 2021, an oil tanker explosion in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown resulted in at least 100 deaths and left hundreds of people seriously injured with burns. The government, through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS), immediately called an emergency meeting of…