Together, we can prevent drowning
Dar es Salaam: Last year, the United Nations passed a resolution on Global Drowning Prevention and the problem is now gaining importance among different sectors in Tanzania and East Africa countries that share the Lake Victoria, the second biggest fresh water lake in the world.
Eswatini hosts the 15th biennial East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing conference
The Kingdom of Eswatini has once again hosted the East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) delegates for the 15th Biennial Scientific Conference and the 7th Quadrennial General Assembly.
GUINEE-RENFORCER LA SURVEILLANCE ENVIRONNEMENTALE DE LA POLIO
Conakry : En Guinée, d’importants progrès ont été accomplis dans la lutte contre la poliomyélite. Toutefois, en dépit de ces progrès, des cas de poliovirus dérivés de la souche vaccinale type 2 ont été notifiés dans le pays en 2020-2021.
WHO’s GBV clinical handbook an eye-opener for doctors in Namibia
When Dr Ifeolu Oyedele first learned that he would be going for training on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s ‘Clinical handbook for the health care of survivors subjected to intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence’ he did not think he would learn anything new from the session.
Face to face with death… ‘I learned that nothing is impossible’
GOBABIS- Thirty four year-old Erwin Meroro believed he would never get sick with COVID until he was hospitalized with the disease for over two months in the Gobabis State hospital. Meroro, the patient with the longest hospital admission for COVID-19 at Gobabis State hospital narrowly escaped death. That experience changed his perspective on COVID-19 and life.
WHO improves the capacity of African countries to generate quality knowledge products for better health decision-making
The World Health Organization has conducted a five-day capacity-building training for 22 national health observatory focal points from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda to generate a series of knowledge products that will support health decision-making processes.
A reactive measles campaign is underway in Juba, South Sudan
A reactive measles vaccination campaign targeting 37 390 children aged between 6 months to 14 years is underway this week in Juba County.
The campaign that started on 5 September 2022 is being implemented by the Ministry of Health with support from WHO and partners in Kator, Rajaf payams and two IDP sites in Juba.
Zimbabwe builds the capacity to manage antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data
By Vivian Mugarisi
Mutare, Zimbabwe - Surveillance is a vital tool to provide crucial information that shapes the public health interventions. Sturdy information management systems are crucial for analysing and managing data from multisector antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance systems.
Fight against COVID-19 in South Sudan
The COVID-19 pandemic remains a public health concern affecting millions of families including the most vulnerable population.
The World Health Organization (WHO) with funding from the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting the Ministry of Health, Republic of South Sudan in fighting the spread of COVID-19 in order to minimize infection and protect the communities.