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Inching closer to malaria elimination

Inching closer to malaria elimination

Gaborone ‒ When Obolokamang Mahupe’s son began experiencing flu…
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Tackling chronic diseases

Tackling chronic diseases

Praia – Teresa Ramos de Carvalho’s long struggle with hypertension…
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Focused interventions to strengthen mental health service delivery in Ghana

Focused interventions to strengthen mental health service delivery in Ghana

Context The impact of the risks to mental health and associated…
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Self Help Plus Training of Trainers, April 2023, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

Scaling up mental health and psychosocial support in conflict settings

Case study: Northern Ethiopia Context: Conflict broke out in…
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Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization in Liberia

Liberia takes bold step to integrate COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization

Monrovia ‒ On 16 March 2020, Liberia registered its first case of…
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Leveraging Ebola lessons to mitigate COVID-19 impact

Leveraging Ebola lessons to mitigate COVID-19 impact

Freetown ‒ With only 7766 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 125 deaths…
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How mental health support proved critical Tanzania’s Marburg outbreak response

Mental health support for Marburg survivors

Kagera ‒ Washington Mushobozi, who was isolated in a Marburg Virus…
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WHO Country Rep, Dr. Desta Tiruneh, presents the donations to Hon. Minister of Health, Dr. Ahmadou Lamin Samateh

WHO Donates Over 37 Million Dalasis Worth of Critical Medical Supplies

Banjul, The Gambia - On a rain-soaked morning, the World Health…
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Press briefing

Malawi contains cholera outbreak

Lilongwe- Today, the Malawi Ministry of Health has officially…
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Integrating COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization in Liberia

Liberia takes bold step to integrate COVID-19 vaccines into routine immunization

Monrovia ‒ On 16 March 2020, Liberia registered its first case of…
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