Maputo – Nine-year-old Ana Sitoe and Isabel Cossa*, learners at Guava Primary School in Marracuene, Maputo, have both received their first vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) thanks to an immunization drive …
Read moreAccra – Charity Damoah, 36, lost count of the number of times she was admitted to hospital with malaria while growing up in Sunyani, in Ghana’s Bono region. But things are different now for her two-year-old son John. …
Read moreLilongwe ‒ Although Malawi continues to record only sporadic cholera cases, with just an average of 10 cases a week as of January 2024 compared with close to 700 cases per week at the peak of the outbreak in January 2023…
Read moreSitting holding her newborn in the courtyard of her home, Aissata*, a displaced person in Ménaka city centre, remembers the day she fell ill while pregnant. "My stomach hurt that day, I was weak and I had no appetite. Worst of all, I had no money and my husband was away," she recalls.
Read moreMarguerite Mallo Bagaza, affectionately known as Mama Maguy, is the only state midwife in the Nana Grébizi health district, in the central-north region of the Central African Republic (CAR).
Read moreTwenty-five-year-old Yainkain Sesay is expecting her first child. Before her first antenatal visit to King Harman Maternity and Child Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, she was anxious.
Read moreDuring his 30 years as a community-based volunteer, Albert Nkhoma has witnessed his neighbourhood, Kalikiliki, in Zambia’s capital city Lusaka, grapple with public health challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic. More recently he worked tirelessly to support the response to the worst cholera outbreak in the country’s history. Throughout, his commitment to health promotion has not wavered.
Read moreNiamey – “Six months ago I went for check-up … I thought it was something simple like flu, but my illness was much more serious,” says Ali, 47, from Talladje district of Niger’s capital Niamey. “I was diagnosed wit…
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