In Nigeria, stakeholders  are not lowering their guards against all  forms of poliovirus

Baba Safejo Amogbon with the vaccinators in front of his compound

Lagos – 14 February 2023 - Alhaji Safejo Amogbon (fondly called Baba – Father in the Yoruba language) is an octogenarian (89 years). notwithstanding his age,  he still mobilizes people in his community (Surulere-Safejo,  Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State) to present their children for vaccination. 

He is one of the community’s pillars of support on health and education, and he leverages his years of experience to educate parents about the importance of vaccination, especially against poliovirus. 

Prevention is better than cure – Bayelsa state vaccinates residents against Yellow fever 

Vaccination team taking commodities to hard to reach riverine area in Bayelsa State

Yenagoa, 14 February, 2023 - It was between 11 am and noon on a recent Wednesday when health workers with their Geostyle boxes filled with the Yellow fever (YF) vaccines got to Kpansia area of Yenagoa Local Government Area (LGA), Bayelsa State. 

Having lost a sibling to YF in 1996, Tarekebi Ebi-Jones, a 40-year-old single mother of two was waiting patiently for her turn to get her children vaccinated against the disease. 

WHO Provides medical supplies to Bo Government Regional Hospital following mass casualty incident

WHO Representative (left) making the symbolic handing over of the consignment to the Minister of Health and Sanitation
Bo, 13 February 2023 – The World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone has swiftly responded to a call by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to replenish medical supplies at the Bo Government Regional Hospital following an emergency response by the hospital team to a mass casualty incident that depleted the routine stockpile of medical supplies of the hospital.

Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak

Equatorial Guinea confirms first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine people in the country’s eastern Kie Ntem Province turned out positive on one of the samples for the viral haemorrhagic fever

Malawi launches a national “End Cholera” campaign

H.E President Lazarus Chakwera and WHO Rep Dr Neema Kimambo
Today the Government of Malawi launched the national Tithetse kolera (End Cholera) campaign to curb the outbreak affecting the country. The campaign was launched by H.E President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera in Mgona, one of the capital’s cholera hotspots.

WHO supports new regions with vehicles and office equipment

WHO supports new regions with vehicles and office equipment
The World Health Organization (WHO) with support from the Governments of the United States and Canada has presented vehicles and office equipment worth about 2.4 million Ghana Cedis to the regional health directorates of the six newly created regions in Ghana to facilitate the delivery of quality health service in all parts of the regions. 

Angola marks the World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases with commitment to elimination

WHO Representative in Angola, giving her speech at the event

Luanda, Angola – In reference to the World Day for Negligible Tropical Diseases (NTDs), celebrated every year on the 30th of January, the Angola Ministry of Health (MINSA), with the support from the World Health Organization (WHO), brought together the main key partners to draw attention to NTD  priorities , the efforts made, and also to reflect on partnership between communities, sectors, and countries to advocate for more investments and actions aimed at preventing and eliminating NTDs.