Winning community trust in Ebola control
“Why is Ebola taking so long to end?” a man attending a community meeting outside Butembo town in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) wants to know.
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Ebola vaccinator scaling the hurdles to save lives
“From the moment I arrived, my mission was to save lives. I am proud of it,” says Dr Aissatou Bah, a member of the World Health Organization Ebola vaccination team in Beni, a town in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Read moreThe complex logistics of Ebola response
How do you deliver nearly three tons of supplies every day to halt Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) conflict-affected north-eastern region? For the World Health Organization (WHO), a 40-strong operations support and logistics team works almost non-stop to speedily dispatch materials across an area four times the size of neighbouring Rwanda.
Read moreDeaths from Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak top 6000
With the death toll from the world’s worst measles epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) surpassing 6000, the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for more funding to stop the outbreak.
Read moreThree African countries halt polio outbreaks
Kenya, Mozambique and Niger have curbed polio outbreaks that erupted in different episodes over the past 24 months, allowing them to regain their polio-free status, World Health Organization (WHO) announced today.
Read moreHealth under attack: WHO response in Burkina Faso
Armed violence. Drought. Floods. In Burkina Faso, these three factors have forced nearly half a million people – three-quarters of whom are women and children
Read moreWhen microfinance leads to major healing: Bridging agriculture and health in Senegal
Astou Dieng recently joined a savings group cooperative with many other women farmers that is changing her health and the health of her family. These women in Senegal’s Kaffrine region are doing something novel with t…
Read moreBenin hosts the first annual review and planning meeting of the initiative for access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Africa
L’hôtel Azalai de la capitale économique a servi de cadre à la cérémonie d’ouverture officielle de cette importante réunion réunissant une centaine de participants/tes venus de onze (11) pays situés au sud du Sahara. Il s’agit de la Tanzanie, de la Sierra Leone, du Nigeria, du Niger, du Mali, de la Guinée, du Kenya, de la RDC, de l’Afrique du Sud, du Rwanda, du Burkina-Faso et du Bénin. Une cérémonie empreinte de solennité et haute en couleurs a marqué le démarrage des travaux présidée par Dr Pétas AKOGBETO, Directeur de Cabinet du Ministre de la Santé entouré de Dr Triphonie NKURUNZIZA, Conseillère régionale chargée de la Santé Maternelle et Reproductive au Bureau Régional de l’OMS pour l’Afrique et de Madame Mary Lyn Gaffield, spécialiste de la Planification Familiale au Siège de l’OMS à Genève en Suisse.
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