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Malawi launches the first round of vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1

Malawi launches the first round of vaccination campaign against wild poliovirus type 1

Lilongwe, 21 March 2022– Malawi has launched the first round of…
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Dissemination of the tobacco surveys’ findings by the VISA NGO, the University of Mauritius and the World Health Organization

Dissemination of the tobacco surveys’ findings by the VISA NGO, the University of Mauritius and the World Health Organization

Port Louis. The findings of two tobacco surveys conducted to explore…
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More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – Malawi will on Sunday launch the first round…
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More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

More than 80 million doses to be administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

Brazzaville/Lilongwe – Malawi will on Sunday launch the first round…
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Joint External Evaluation Scorecard by Technical Area, Sierra Leone - March 2022

Sierra Leone Evaluates Progress on International Health Regulations Requirements and Health Security Capacity

Sierra Leone has completed its annual health security capacity…
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Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%

Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%

Brazzaville – Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose by 15%…
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Opening remarks by WHO South Africa Incident Manager during the COVID-19 vaccination IAR in Durban KwaZulu-Natal province

KwaZulu-Natal province reviews its COVID-19 vaccination programme to improve planning and actions

Durban - The KwaZulu-Natal provincial Department of Health with…
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Joint External Evaluation Scorecard by Technical Area, Sierra Leone - March 2022

Sierra Leone Evaluates Progress on International Health Regulations Requirements and Health Security Capacity

Sierra Leone has completed its annual health security capacity…
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Canada Funded ACT-A Health Systems Connector implementation supports WHO and MoH COVID-19 Response and Continuity of Health Services in Zambia

Canada Funded ACT-A Health Systems Connector implementation supports WHO and MoH COVID-19 Response and Continuity of Health Services in Zambia

Lusaka - On 14 March 2022, the High Commissioner of Canada to…
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Campaign 2 COVID-19 vaccine

More than 21 million people have received at least one dose of vaccine as Ethiopia marks one year of COVID-19 vaccination

Addis Ababa, 16 March 2022—One year ago, Ethiopia received its first…
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