Zambia — Notícias

14 Junho 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

WHO with funding from the Gavi Alliance donates 700 Tablets for COVID-19 Vaccination Data Collection, Monitoring and Evaluation to the Ministry of Health

On 10 June 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Zambia with the kind support of the Gavi Alliance donated 700 data collection electronic devices and related accessories worth One Hundred and Twenty Two Thousand, …

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14 Junho 2022 | Polio

Zambia’s polio mop-up reaches almost half a million children in 48 hours

Following a Polio outbreak in Malawi earlier this year, frontline health workers in Zambia distributed 4,5 million Oral Polio Vaccines (OPV) to children under five. During the campaign’s last stretch, or ´mop-up´ phase, teams revisited those who were missed, immunising close to 500,000 in the space of two days.

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24 Maio 2022 | Polio

A sewage plant, surveillance and polio fight in Zambia

Environmental surveillance teams across Zambia are instrumental to the country’s polio eradication programme. Since the outbreak of wild poliovirus in Malawi in February 2022, they have stepped up efforts for early detection as five countries in south-eastern Africa bolster the drive to vaccinate children and halt the virus.

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23 Maio 2022 | HIV/AIDS

CIDRZ supports the National HIV Differentiated Service Delivery Training of Trainers under the Global Fund Differentiated Service Delivery Strategic Initiative

The Global Fund Differentiated Services Delivery (DSD) Strategic Initiatives (SI) invest in technical assistance (TA) in ten (10) priority countries until 2023, for the adoption of World Health Organization (WHO) recomme…

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16 Março 2022 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Canada Funded ACT-A Health Systems Connector implementation supports WHO and MoH COVID-19 Response and Continuity of Health Services in Zambia

On 14 March 2022, the High Commissioner of Canada to the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republic of Zambia, the Seychelles, and Ambassador of Canada to the Union of Comoros,  HE Pamela O’Donnell visited the World Health Organization (WHO) Zambia to learn about WHO’s work and discuss steps and achievements made in the implementation of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) program funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada.

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15 Novembro 2021 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Germany donates 924 000 surgical face masks to WHO for the support to Ministry of Health COVID-19 response work in Zambia

On 10 November 2021, H.E. Anne Wagner-Mitchell, the German Ambassador to Zambia and Dr Nathan Bakyaita, WHO Representative to Zambia came together with Hon Sylvia Masebo, Minister of Health at the Ministry of Health for a handover ceremony of 924 000 surgical face masks.

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2 Julho 2021 | Coronavirus (COVID-19)

WHO Donates COVID – 19 supplies to strengthen the health system’s response to the pandemic

 The WHO Country Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita and the African Development Bank Manager, Mary Monyau on 1 July 2021 handed over a donation of COVID -19 supplies worth one million United States dollars to suppo…

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22 Junho 2021 | Cholera

WHO Supports the cholera vaccination campaign in Zambia’s hot spot districts as the country accelerates its efforts to eliminate the deadly disease

Although Cholera is a preventable disease, it remains a significant public health problem globally. Each year, there are 1.3 to 4.0 million cases of cholera, and 21 000 to 143 000 deaths worldwide. Zambia has experienced…

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