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World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau. The ambulance was procured with funding from the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office as part of its support to improving essential health service delivery at war-affected health facilities in northern Ethiopia, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health services, and will be used for reproductive, maternal and child health services at Dupti Hospital, including for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV).

Lilongwe, Malawi.

With the theme ‘collaboration for a better health outcome’, South Sudan celebrates International One Health Day to create awareness and enhance better understanding of human, animal and environmental health in strengthening collaboration and coordination for health emergency preparedness and response.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from WHO held a National Consultation meeting on 15-17 November 2022, on the National Policy on the Rights, Protection and Care of Older Persons in Namibia to review and make recommendation on the draft policy. By 2050, the number and proportion of people aged 60 years and older in the population are estimated to increase from 1 billion (2019) to 2.1 billion globally.  In Africa, this increase is estimated to be 220 million compared to 65 million in 2018.

Abdallah (nom d’emprunt) est un jeune marocain qui a succombé à une infection à Staphylococcus Aureus Résistant à la Méticilline « SARM », un type de bactérie à gram positif très résistante à plusieurs molécules. Cette infection est survenue après son retour au bercail suite à une opération chirurgicale qu’il a subie en France. Au Maroc où il devait poursuivre sa rééducation, il lui a été diagnostiqué une infection à staphylocoque doré multi résistant donc ne répondant pas à l’arsenal thérapeutique disponible sur le marché.

Health experts from Namibia and Angola gathered in Ondangwa on  7 November for a four (4)-day meeting to strengthen cross-border collaboration for disease prevention and control. The meeting was convened by the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services in partnership with WHO with support from the Government of Japan.