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Seychelles celebrates 50 years of saving children’s lives through immunization 

Seychelles celebrates 50 years of saving children’s lives through immunization 

Victoria ‒ Matteo Pragassen is almost a year old and his mother,…
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Umutoniwase Marie-Claire playing with her daughter Ornella

Securing a healthier future: Rwanda's vaccination efforts protect children from polio

Rwanda – When community health workers announced a mass polio…
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Mapangano Jeremiah, a Covid-19 Vaccine champion

Covid-19 Vaccination critical in ending the pandemic

Mapangano Jeremiah, a truck driver from Nkope in Mangochi,…
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Dr. Owen Kaluwa Assumes Office as WHO Representative to Ethiopia

Dr. Owen Kaluwa Assumes Office as WHO Representative to Ethiopia

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Malaria Vaccine: A came changer for children's health in Sierra Leone

On 25 Ap
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Cerimónia oficial do Dia Mundial de luta contra o Paludismo

São Tomé and Principe celebrated the World Malaria Day

On April 25, the amphitheater of the University of São Tomé and…
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Human papillomavirus vaccination in Ethiopia protects over 6.3 million girls from cervical cancer

Human papillomavirus vaccination in Ethiopia protects over 6.3 million girls from cervical cancer

Addis Ababa ‒ Fourteen-year-old girl Saba. D. (name changed), from…
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For fourteen-year-old João, the opening of the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, was lifesaving. Living with rheumatic heart disease, over the course of three years his condition deteriorated after a spate of misdiagnoses. Determining he needed critical life-saving heart surgery, his doctor received support from PEN-Plus to fly him to the capital Maputo in order to get the procedure done. Still attending the clinic for follow-up appointments and treatments, João’s health has now greatly improved.

Boosting efforts to transform care for severe chronic diseases in Africa

Dar es Salaam – Health experts from across Africa, policymakers,…
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