1. WHO Africa

News

Health Minister, Dr. Wilhelmina Jallah receiving first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine during the launch in Monrovia

Liberia marks one year of COVID-19 vaccination, 1,124,277 people receive full dose

Read more »
Implications of social media misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine confidence among pregnant women in Africa

Implications of social media misinformation on COVID-19 vaccine confidence among pregnant women in Africa

It has been over a year since the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Read more »
Siphephelosethu Ntjangase poses outside Nhlangano health center where he is receiving treatment

“WHY SHORTER TB REGIMEN IS THE MOST PREFFERED BY PATIENTS IN ESWATINI”

Siphephelosethu Ntjangase is a 21-year-old university student from…
Read more »
Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating yaws

Major antibiotic donation moves African countries closer to defeating yaws

A major donation of azithromycin, an antibiotic, is being delivered…
Read more »
Sierra Leone marks two years since first COVID-19 case

Looking back on progress as Sierra Leone marks two years since first COVID-19 case

“We’ve been at the forefront of the efforts to curtail this pandemic…
Read more »
Dr Emile Rwamasirabo, Urological Surgeon discussing Operation Save the Neighbor /@WHO Robert Cyubahiro

As a doctor there are calls you just can’t ignore, Dr Emile Rwamasirabo

Kigali - When the fourth COVID-19 wave hit the country in early 2022…
Read more »
WHO’s SURGE team visiting the National Emergency Operation Centre at the Ministry of Defense Justice and Security, Gaborone

Enhancing Botswana`s emergency preparedness and response capacity beyond COVID-19: The SURGE Initiative

Each year, more than 100 health emergencies occur in the African…
Read more »
A patient taking TB drug.

Amidst COVID-19 response, WHO and partners support Nigeria towards attaining a TB free- status

Abuja, 31 March, 2022 - When Ms Tina Amos, a 42-year-old mother of…
Read more »