Kano, 26 August, 2022 - The WHO Country Representative, (WR) Dr Walter K. Malumbo, has given Kano State, a pat on the back for historic role in Polio Eradication and presently, efforts in ramping up Covid-19 vaccination in the State.

Speaking during an interactive session with the Governor at the Government House, on 24 August 2022, WR said, “The government and traditional institutions in Kano applied unorthodox strategies to address vaccine hesitancy and create demand for polio vaccines which led the eradication of the depilating disease. 

By Vivian Mugarisi

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe’s National Health Strategy 2021-2025 aims at improving the health and wellbeing of the population and eventually ensuring universal health coverage. Achieving universal health coverage is dependent on sufficient, equitably distributed and well performing health workforce.

Lilongwe, 24 August 2022 – The cholera outbreak, initially limited to the southern part of the country, has now spread to Malawi's northern and central regions. To date, 1,483 cases and 58 deaths have been recorded with the case fatality rate at 3.9 per cent[1].

Abuja, 22 August, 2022 - Targeting universal immunization, the government of Nigeria through the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, on 22 August 2022, introduced the rotavirus vaccine into  Routine Immunization (RI) Schedule. 

The introduction of the vaccine into the RI programme is in recognition of the magnitude of rotavirus-related diarrhoea disease and the immunisation programme aims to avert over 50,000 children's death from the disease annually.