Since an Ebola outbreak was declared in Uganda on 20 September, health assistant Nyangoma Kirrungi has been on the frontline of the country’s response day in and day out, working as a contact tracer in Madudu sub-county, one of the areas affected by the outbreak.
Read moreLichinga, Mozambique – It is the last day of polio vaccination campaign in Niassa, a province in northern Mozambique, and a mobile vaccination team headed by health worker Celina Miguel is going house-to-house in a small…
Read moreAccra – Six-month-old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in Ghana’s Volta Region is among millions of children receiving the vaccine against polio variant type 2 this month. Kafui, Sefadzi´s mother, knows the value of v…
Read more“A patient is a patient,” says Dr Mahamadou Diawara. “Our job is to go where people are who need health care.” For Dr Diawara, a surgeon deployed by World Health Organization (WHO) in eastern Mali, this dedication to reaching patients anywhere has extended to many living under crisis conditions.
Read moreLike many health workers across the Sahel, Mairama Baba Yadafa has been witnessing first-hand the multiple impacts of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has gripped the region: drought has hunger soaring amid deepening deprivation and suffering by millions of people affected by armed violence.
Read moreKampala – Poor access to mental health care in many African countries due to low government investment is one of the major hurdles to prevention and care services. On average African governments allocate less than 50 US …
Read moreAn age-old social belief that “what goes on under the cloth should remain under the cloth” is killing women in Sierra Leone.
Read moreIn a previous stint as a chemistry teacher Dr Gladys Mwiti could not help but notice flagging performance among her students. She would later discover that the underachievement was largely due to unresolved trauma from poverty, domestic violence and abuse.
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