Uganda Government reiterates commitment to end TB by 2030
Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate International Tuberculosis (TB) Day, on March 24, 2023, with a commitment from Government and stakeholders to step up efforts to end the TB epidemic by 2030.
Tanzania adopts multisectoral accountability framework to accelerate progress to end Tuberculosis (TB)
Simiyu - Tanzania marked the World TB Day in 2023, with the launch of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework to end TB (MAF TB) in Simiyu region, Northern central Tanzania. The high-level launch was graced by the Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa and attended by the health minister and partners involved in TB response in Tanzania.
The fight to resist multidrug-resistant TB in Ghana
Uganda commemorates 2023 World Malaria Day
The World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day 2023 and the launch of the lifesaving vector control tool, the Insecticide Treated Mosquitoes nets (ITNs).
The function took place on 25th April in Bugiri district under the national theme, ‘Getting back on track through investing, innovating, and implementation’. The day was preceded by a match past through town intended to raise awareness and mobilize communities to fight malaria which has claimed many lives in Uganda.
Africa’s TB reduction rate falls short amid slowing global progress
World Oral Health Day 2023: WHO urges countries to unite, follow, and implement the Regional and Global strategies on oral health
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti
Global partners commit to improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Cyclone Freddy deepens health risks in worst-hit countries
As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, UN and partners call for urgent funding
Joint Press Release
22 March 2023 – As needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for $116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely remote area of Ethiopia’s Somali region.
Since hostilities erupted last month in the city of Laascaanood, in the Sool region, Somalia , hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced within Somalia and close to 100,000 are estimated to have crossed the border into Ethiopia to escape violence.