Abuja, 21 December 2021- The emergence of the COVID 19 omicron variant, has continued to rage, with attendant consequences. The situation is posing an even greater strain on progress with ending AIDS, disrupting HIV prevention and treatment services, schooling, violence prevention programmes and more.

Bold action to stop COVID 19, mitigate its impact on the global agenda for ending AIDS while preparing for future pandemics is urgent. 

The World Health Organization, UNICEF and the country’s stakeholders on nutrition discussed advancing the nutrition agenda in Uganda in a one-day symposium, convened by the Ministry of Health, under the theme Strengthening Information System for Nutrition.

Kigali - Dr. Otto Niyonsenga and Dr. Menelas Nkeshimana are two of the clinicians in the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) COVID-19 surge response team deployed to support Rwanda Biomedical Centre to manage COVID-19 cases at the sub-national level (provinces). In COVID-19 response, prompt and effective case management remains a critical intervention particularly for patients with severe symptoms and underlying medical conditions.

Jalingo, 16 December, 2021  - For Ms. Ladi Jika, a 44-year-old housewife and a mother of five, vaccination and mobilization of people to let their children receive the vaccine is not negotiable.

“I know vaccination prevents some diseases such as yellow fever, measles,  meningitis and polio. That is why I visit every vaccination site with two of my children (19-month-old and four years old) to get vaccinated. I want to protect my family and I have mobilized my neighbours to receive the vaccines when the vaccinators come around”, Ms. Jika said.