1.4 million vaccines from global stockpile support yellow fever control in Nigeria.
Abuja, 04 December 2017 - Reactive vaccination is continuing in high risk states to contain a Yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria. The International Coordinating Group (ICG) on vaccine provision for yellow fever has provided 1.4 million vaccine doses for an immunization campaign that starts to help control an ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria.
Botswana conducts a Joint External Evaluation to assess the country’s International Health Regulations (2005) core capacities
Gaborone, Botswana - 4 December 2017: A five-day Joint External Evaluation (JEE) of the International Health Regulations (2005) core capacities for Botswana is being conducted from 4-8 December, 2017 at Masa Square Hotel in Gaborone.
WHO with support from Government of Japan strengthens blood transfusion services for safe, sustainable and quality blood in South Sudan
Juba, 1 December 2017: Every second, someone in the world needs blood. Blood transfusion is one of the therapeutic procedures performed during hospitalizations and undoubtedly helps patients who are injured, having surgery, receiving treatments or are being treated for diseases that affect the blood.
Supporting breastfeeding to boost child survival
FREETOWN, December 4 2017 --- This November, Sierra Leone’s Directorate of Food and Nutrition with support from WHO and UKAid organised a five-day training for hospital staff on the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), which is an initiative pioneered by WHO and UNICEF to help maternity facilities become trusted centres of breastfeeding and mother/baby bonding support.
Dr Moeti calls for greater commitment to access, diagnosis and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV/AIDS
HIV experts take stock of progress and challenges in tackling HIV among children and young adults, ahead of ICASA
The biggest AIDS Conference in Africa, opens in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
04 December 2017 - The 19th ICASA International Conference for Africa opens today in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire on the theme “Africa: Ending AIDS-delivering differently”. The conference will be opened by his Excellency Mr Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire.
Village Health Teams Contribute Tremendously to the Marburg Response in Eastern Uganda
Moses (not real name) is a resident of Kaproron, in Kween district, which has been experiencing the Marburg Virus Disease (MV) outbreak. Like many residents of the district, Moses had never heard of MVD before.
Message of the Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, on World AIDS Day 2017
As we mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, whose theme this year is “Right to Health”, I would like to share the story of Alex, a 14 year old high school student who lives with his grandmother in Douala, Cameroon. He was diagnosed with HIV in 2016, a year after his mother died of tuberculosis. “My family gave me support, love and care and the doctors gave me medicines. The medicine will make me live a normal life and strengthen my body. I love going to school and studying and I hope to become a doctor one day so that I can look after other HIV positive people.”
WHO deploys mobile laboratory to support Marburg outbreak response
Kapchorwa 2 December 2017:- The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the European Union and the US Center for Disease Control deployed the EU mobile laboratory bringing together experts from Marburg University and Berharndt Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine at Kapchorwa District hospital to improve sample testing and enable real-time reporting of results during the Marburg outbreak.