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WHO team handing over items and supplies to the Katavi Regional Health Management Team

WHO responds to a Cholera outbreak in Katavi Region

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New ICUs set to open at hospitals across Lesotho

New ICUs set to open at hospitals across Lesotho - Cloned

Critical care patients in Lesotho will soon be spared a trip to South Africa to receive treatment. The country is on the verge of opening its first intensive care units in public hospitals.
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New ICUs set to open at hospitals across Lesotho

New ICUs set to open at hospitals across Lesotho

Critical care patients in Lesotho will soon be spared a trip to South Africa to receive treatment. The country is on the verge of opening its first intensive care units in public hospitals.
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Zimbabwe updates National Cancer Control Plan to mitigate the increase of cases in the country

By Tatenda Chimbwanda

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Congo applies COVID-19 genomic sequencing skills to other diseases

Congo applies COVID-19 genomic sequencing skills to other diseases

Two years after the start of the pandemic, the Republic of Congo has begun to apply the genomic sequencing capacities developed in the fight against COVID-19 to other pathogens, including those responsible for malaria, tuberculosis or diarrhoeal diseases in young children.
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Governor Soludo (left) welcoming Dr Mulombo to Awka Government lodge

WHO is critical to delivering our health agenda in line with global best practices-Anambra State Governor 

The Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo says, the World Health Organization (WHO) is critical to delivering our mandate to the Anambra people. 

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WHO staff member inspecting the medical supplies prior to offloading at the Ministry of Health

Liberia gets a boost in aid for the management of Schistosomiasis and Lymphatic filariasis- receives 2,512,000 tablets of Praziquantel and 12,450 test strips for Filariasis

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Neglected Tropical Disease mentorship launched in honour of Dr Mwele Malecela

Neglected Tropical Disease mentorship launched in honour of Dr Mwele Malecela

World Health Organization (WHO) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today announced plans to set up a mentorship programme for African women working in neglected tropical diseases programmes. The mentorship is in honour of the late Dr Mwele Malecela, who was one of Africa’s most highly respected female scientists and public health leaders.
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