Lutte contre la Résistance aux antimicrobiens : une affaire de tous !
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.
Namibia and Angola strengthen cross -border collaboration for disease prevention and control
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.
WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases
World Diabetes Day 2022: Mauritius launched Health Promotion Clubs in the Public Service to promote health and fight diabetes and other NCDs
‘No woman should die giving life’ – Rwanda maintains focus on maternal and child health
Stakeholders call for increased access to diabetes education
Abuja, 15 November, 2022 - Commemorating the 2022 World Diabetes Day, the Nigeria Minister of State for Health, Ekumankama Joseph Nkama, on 14 November, emphasized that increased access to diabetes education among the populace is critical to the prevention and management of the disease.
The minister, in a press briefing in Abuja, said that a large majority of people living with the disease in Nigeria have little or no knowledge of diabetes and its complications, and this has been increasing the risk of developing the disease.
WHO provides vehicles to enhance health security in Tanzania
Dodoma - The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the need for a robust country’s capacity to prevent, prepare for, detect and respond to public health emergencies of international concern in the African Region. More than a year into the pandemic, the human and the economic toll has been unprecedented, threatening decades of development gains. While the full extent of COVID-19’s impact on human health and related social and economic issues is yet to be seen, immediate measures must be taken to mitigate future public health emergencies.
South Sudan’s first national malaria conference unites Government and partners to renew efforts towards ending malaria
Over 150 participants took a major step to end malaria in South Sudan during the first-ever national malaria conference that took place from 8 to 10 November 2022.
Malaria remains the leading cause of illness and death in the country accounting for 66.8 per cent of outpatient consultations, 30 per cent of admissions and about 50 per cent of deaths.
African region tops world in undiagnosed diabetes: WHO analysis
Brazzaville – Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness and death, potentially worsening the situation in the region which already has the world’s highest mortality rates due to the disease, a new analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows.
Marking Non Communicable Diseases Week in Tanzania
Mwanza - Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 74% of all deaths globally. Of all NCD deaths, 77% are in low- and middle-income countries. Cardiovascular diseases account for most these deaths (17.9 million people annually), followed by cancers (9.3 million), chronic respiratory diseases (4.1 million), and diabetes (2.0 million including kidney disease deaths caused by diabetes). These statistics are alarming, but the good news is that we know how to prevent NCDs and how to manage them.