Supply bottleneck, financial challenges fuel delays in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Taking vaccination closer to underserved communities- States optimize Africa Vaccination Week commemoration.
Benin City, 19 May, 2019 - Sitting inside the Church, Pastor Evelyn Omigie of Home for the Needy Foundation (IDP) Uhogua, Benin City, Edo state says, “We are grateful for the recent health intervention rendered by the government and the World Health Organization. The vaccination campaign will go a long way in protecting our children from preventable diseases especially those who had missed some of the routine immunization doses due to displacement of their parents.”
WHO and the Tigray Regional Health Bureau reactivate the Tigray toll-free COVID-19 call center
The Tigray Region toll-free call center 6244 was relaunched in Mekelle on April 29, 2021 in an event officiated by the Head of Tigray Regional Health Bureau and in the presence of health partners, representatives of Ethio Telecom in Tigray, newly deployed staff of the call center, representatives of regional media and World Health Organization (WHO) staff.
Road Safety stakeholders optimistic that implementation of urban speed limits will reduce traffic accidents
Abuja, 19 March, 2021 - To launch the sixth UN Global Road Safety Week in Abuja, road safety stakeholders called for downward review of current speed limit from 50km/hour to 30km/hour in cities and areas where pedestrians and cyclist mix with traffic.
Liberia Diplomatic Community and Private Sector Influencers Join Forces with the Health Sector to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Liberia
Monrovia, 17th May 2021: In an effort to alleviate public fears and promote the COVID-19 vaccine uptake, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the British Embassy and private sector influencers on 17th May 2021 conducted a questions and answer panel discussion on COVID-19 vaccine in Liberia.
Expiry date and shelf life of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India
Lower speed limits, save lives!
17 - 23 May 2021, Dodoma: The United Nations Global Road Safety Week (UNGRSW) was commemorated in the week of 17th -23rd May, with a global campaign for 30km/h speed limit on streets where people and traffic mix example near schools and other areas with big populations.
Rapid tests up Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 diagnosis
Nigeria’s FCT Minister pledges support for implementation of Polio Transition Plan to sustain legacy
Abuja, 12 May, 2021 - With the imminent accelerated Polio Programme ramp down in Nigeria, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) Country Representative (WR) Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has taken his advocacy train on the implementation of the Polio Transition Plan to Mallam Muhammed Musa Bello, the Honourable Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Ebola vaccination starts in Sierra Leone to prevent new outbreak