Weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since the onset of the pandemic in the continent, new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows.
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Freetown, 4th August 2021 - The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization, (WHO), welcome the milestone reached by the Government of Sierra Leone to adopt the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes (BMS) Act 2021.
When women traditional leaders from different parts of the country, adorned in beautiful regalia gather, the most likely reason is to grace a very important occasion, but this time
3 August 2021, Juba - As part of its efforts to ensure the delivery and utilization of stronger and more resilient primary health care and essential health ser
As part of effort to mitigate against the worrisome early signs of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the Adamawa State Government in partnership with the World Health Organization has embarked on community sensitization campaigns across five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state to increase risk messages about the COVID-19 and dispel associated misinformation including about the vaccine.
Bauchi, 2 August, 2021 - In a bid to curb the on-going cholera outbreak in Bauchi State and possibly the northeast geopolitical zone of Nigeria, the World Healt
Fast-spreading misinformation online is hard to measure, but the 10 organizations and 10 African fact-checking groups that make up the Africa Infodemic Response Alliance are working to track and debunk dangerous myths on the pandemic and COVID-19 vaccines.
Freetown, July 30, 2021 – Today, the World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone formally handed over to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation a consignment of assorted laboratory equipment and commodities for safe blood services worth $133,000 to help bolster laboratory capacity for safe blood services in the country.
