Digital messaging taking “too late” out of cancer diagnosing in Zambia
Too late. It is a common refrain in the recounting of why so many people in Africa are dying from cancer.
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WHO expresses sadness over the death of a colleague working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The World Health Organization was saddened to hear this morning about the sudden death of a dear colleague in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The colleague was deployed from a neighbouring country to Beni to …
Read moreExperts caution against stagnation of immunization coverage in Africa
Global immunization experts attending the biannual Regional Immunization Technical Advisory Group (RITAG) meeting urged African countries to strengthen their routine immunization. Over the past five years, immunization coverage in sub-Saharan Africa has stagnated at 72%, exposing populations to vaccine-preventable diseases and outbreaks.
Read moreLearning to live as a couple when one partner is HIV-positive in Sierra Leone
“The greatest support I ever received living with HIV for 10 years has come from my HIV-negative partner.”
Read moreCabo Verde leads the way in ending new HIV infections in children in West and Central Africa
Emanuel Fernandes was born a few weeks after his mother discovered she was HIV positive. “I was so shocked, I cried a lot—I was not expecting it,” recalls Leila Rodrigues of the routine antenatal check-up test that had detected the virus.
Read moreUNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents
UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge Western and Central African countries to step up efforts in cutting new HIV infections in children and adolescents at a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal.
Read moreNew hope with Ebola drug trial
Clinical trials of four Ebola drugs start in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The randomized trials aim to test the efficacy and safety of the treatments that are being offered on a compassionate basis.
Read moreWHO Director-General applauds Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response
The Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO DG), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has lauded Uganda for the Ebola preparedness response mounted, so far, in the high-risk districts of the country.
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