Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Health Emergency

Asio Sarah, the aunt of Akwii's, cooking meal in her home in Kapelebyong

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school class in Kapelebyong District from the Karamoja Region of Uganda. The third of three children, Akwii is living with HIV just like the 87,719 children affected by the disease in the country.

En RDC, les populations déplacées internes du Tanganyika bénéficient de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 grâce au financement de l’Union européenne

Une vue partielle du site de déplacés internes de Kikumbe dans la zone de santé de Nyemba, au nord de Kalemie, Province du Tanganyika

Dans la province du Tanganyika, dans le sud-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), les conflits intercommunautaires et les attaques de groupes armés ont forcé plus de 360 850 personnes, soit environ 10 % de la population, à fuir leurs habitations. Ces personnes déplacées internes sont particulièrement exposées aux maladies à potentiel épidémique, dont la COVID-19.

WHO Ethiopia scales up interventions to respond to gender-based violence in conflict affected regions of Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau.

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).

Malawi expands access to the malaria vaccine

A child waiting to be vaccinated

Lilongwe, Malawi. The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the Government of Malawi for the launch of expanded delivery of the first malaria vaccine – RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) – which will enable thousands more children at high risk of malaria illness and death to benefit from the additional malaria prevention.

Malawi launches oral cholera vaccination campaign to contain cholera

Malawi today kicked off oral cholera vaccination reactive campaign targeting 2.9 million people aged one year and above. The reactive campaign is aimed at halting the ongoing transmission and control cholera outbreak that has affected all the 29 districts of the country. The campaign will run from 28 November to 2 December in 13 high burden districts.

South Sudan commemorates International One Health Day

Students from various institutions parading with one health visibility to create awareness

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.

Ensuring a policy framework for healthy ageing in Namibia

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.