Taking a closer look at safe management of wastes from health-care activities in Tanzania
2 October - 5 November 2021: Health-care activities protect and restore health and save lives. But what about the waste and by-products they generate?
African Health Ministers open meeting to shape continent’s health agenda
Brazzaville, 24 August 2021 – African Health Ministers and representatives from countries gathered today for the Seventy-first session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the preeminent meeting on public health in Africa. During the annual gathering, the Health Ministers set the health agenda for the next 12 months.
African Health Ministers review COVID-19 fight, plan for future shocks
Ebola vaccine booster doses underway in Sierra Leone
Liberia Receives Second Batch of 96,000 Doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine
Monrovia, 20th August 2021: Over 75,000 Liberians awaiting their second dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine can now be sure as the government of Liberia on 20th August 2021 received a second batch of 96,000 doses.
Liberia concludes a three-day workshop to review National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Implementation and progress since 2017
Monrovia, 18th August 2021: The Ministry of Health (MoH), with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and Partners have concluded a three-day workshop to review the implementation progress and challenges of the National Action Plan for Health Security in Liberia since its development in 2017.
West Africa COVID-19 deaths surge amid Ebola and other outbreaks
WHO-supported Risk Communication interventions contribute to decline in Measles cases Borno State
Maiduguri, 19 August, 2021 - “I was distraught seeing my four years old son, Hassan, emaciating rapidly due to measles. I could barely eat or converse with my neighbors’ in camp because of his deteriorating health. Weeks ago, he was fine and playing with other children, but here he was helpless, lost weight and could barely sit by himself because he has not been eating well”, says Amina Abubakar, Hassan’s mother.
Nigerians awaiting second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine to heave sigh of relief soon.
Abuja, 19 August 2021 - Nigerians awaiting their second dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine can sigh of relief as the government on 17 August 2021 received additional 699,760 doses in Abuja.
The vaccines, donated to COVAX by the United Kingdom (UK) will immensely support government’s response to the pandemic.
WHO Malawi donates industrial electric cooking pots and ICT equipment to Balaka District Hospital
Lilongwe Malawi- The World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi Country Office has handed over industrial electric cooking pots worthy over US$20 000 to Balaka District Hospital. The donation has been made following the fire that gutted the hospital’s kitchen, laundry and administration blocks in July 2020.