EU and WHO support accreditation of Maiduguri College of Nursing and Midwifery

01_Students at demonstration of basic emergency obstetric care at the college of Nursing and Midwifery with facilities/equipment provided by WHO.

Maiduguri, 9 July, 2020 - The College of Nursing and Midwifery, Maiduguri in Borno state, has secured full accreditation from the regulatory body, the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria.

The accreditation comes 40 years after inception and made possible with recent donation of modern equipment and tools by WHO with funding support from the European Union.

WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa

WHO calls for equitable access to future COVID-19 vaccines in Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa joined immunization experts in urging the international community and countries in Africa to take concrete actions to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, as researchers around the world race to find effective protection against the virus.

Update COVID-19 09 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

09 July 2020 — Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3463 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, two hundred and ten (1210). To date, six hundred and twenty-three (623) patients have recovered and been discharged, including thirteen (13) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and eighty-four (584) and three (3) deaths. 

Update COVID-19 08 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

08 July 2020 — Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2644 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, one hundred and ninety-four (1194). To date, six hundred and ten (610) patients have recovered and been discharged, including fifteen (15) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and eighty-one (581) and three (3) deaths. 

WHO donates equipment and transport facilities to MOH in its continued effort to help the country curb the spread of COVID-19

The WHO Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita (far right) handing over the donation to The Permanent Secretary at MOH, Dr. Kennedy Malama (centre)

The WHO Country Office in Zambia has continued working jointly with other United Nations Agencies and other partners to strengthen on-going interventions to respond and prevent further spread of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) in the country. These efforts include coordination, surveillance, infection prevention and control, laboratory, case management, risk communication, logistics and human resource capacity. On 3 July 2020 the WHO Representative, Dr.

Africa records over 500 000 COVID-19 cases

Africa records over 500 000 COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 infections in Africa today surpassed 500 000, and there is concern as a growing number of countries are experiencing a sharp rise in cases. So far, in less than five months, the virus has claimed 11 959 lives, overtaking the 11 308 lives lost in the world’s worst Ebola outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.

Update COVID-19 07 July 2020

COVID_19 Update Rwanda

07 July 2020 — Fifty-nine (59) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2871 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to one thousand, one hundred and seventy-two (1172). To date, five hundred and ninety-five (595) patients have recovered and been discharged, including twenty (20) in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is five hundred and seventy-four (574) and three (3) deaths. 

Tracking progress to improve immunization and essential health services for children during COVID-19

Internal appraisal of the Child Health Immunization Programme with technical support of WHO
The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has finalized an internal evaluation of its Child Health and Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) covering all districts. The appraisal looked at progress on set targets for 2019 and first quarter of 2020, implementation challenges and the capacity of the Programme for effective service delivery at national, district and health facility levels. Being the mainstay of every child survival in Sierra Leone, the Child Health EPI is one of the biggest health service delivery programmes in the country that provides lifesaving health services to an estimated 1.5 million children under 5 years as well as maternal health services to pregnant mothers.