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Giving 110%: Eswatini’s early rollout of COVID-19 vaccines 

Giving 110%: Eswatini’s early rollout of COVID-19 vaccines 

“I didn’t think that I could get COVID out here in my village,” says…
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Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Blood donation rate falls in Africa in wake of COVID-19 pandemic

Blood donation has fallen by 17% in the African region in the wake of…
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Drop in blood donations add to maternal health threats in Africa

Drop in blood donations add to maternal health threats in Africa

Just half of the blood needed for transfusion each year in the…
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Mauritius new budgetary measures ensure sustainability of its national COVID-19 vaccination campaign and encourage local manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines to better fight the pandemic

The Minister of Finance presented the 2021-22 Budget on Friday last…
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UN staff donating the blood during the WBDD commemorations

Keeping the world beating

Every year, on the 14th of June, countries around the world celebrate…
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Ethiopia to vaccinate 2 million against cholera in Tigray region

Ethiopia to vaccinate 2 million against cholera in Tigray region

Ethiopia today officially launched a preventive oral cholera…
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Outgoing WHO Rwanda Country Representative Dr. Kasonde Mwinga (left) Incoming Acting WHO Rwanda Country Representative Dr. Ndoungou Salla Ba (right)

Farewells and Welcome at WHO Rwanda

Kigali, 5 June 2021 – It was only two years ago, on 1 May 2019, that…
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Tackling surges in severe COVID-19 cases in Africa

Tackling surges in severe COVID-19 cases in Africa

Africa has the highest global mortality rate among critically ill…
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