Brazzaville – The Republic of the Congo is one of 15 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region where the mpox outbreak remains active. The country has made risk communication and community engagemen…
Read moreTwenty African countries have increased access to services for severe chronic disease such as type 1 diabetes, sickle-cell disease, and rheumatic and congenital heart diseases, over the last four years since adapting a new model to decentralize the critical services, a new report by World Health Organization (WHO) shows.
Read moreBrazzaville – Congo is intensifying efforts to reduce maternal mortality by introducing innovative tools, including the labour monitoring guide. Also known as the partogram, this is used to monitor the well-being of both…
Read moreBrazzaville – Africa faces a chronic shortage of oral health workers due to underinvestment, leaving millions of people without adequate care and vulnerable to preventable oral diseases, according to a World Health Organ…
Read moreEight Southern African countries have embarked on a landmark effort to bolster emergency preparedness and response systems in the face of increasing climate-related health threats.
Read moreNiamey – When 19-year-old Aichatou, from Birni in the Dosso region, found out she was pregnant with her first child in 2023, her hope was for a smooth pregnancy and safe delivery. But she was reluctant to visit a health …
Read moreDakar – Ndèye, 29, mother of three children and living in Guédiawaye in the outskirts of Dakar, says she has always had difficult pregnancies. “I gave birth at home for my first two pregnancies, and for my last child, th…
Read moreBrazzaville – The African region has made progress in lowering maternal mortality since 2000 but needs a 12-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SGD) target of fewer than…
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