Gaborone, Botswana - 29 March 2019: The Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), with technical support from the World Health Organization has comm
Today the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, took a first-hand look at response efforts to save lives and protect health for the people in Beira, the city hardest hit by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
After his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in December 2018, Firmino Arlindo became an advocate for the polio vaccine, going door to door to talk to families about the importance of protecting their children.
On a humid morning with soaring temperature, Rogers Kusemererwa, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who has been in Kyaaka II Refugee Settlement since 2008 goes abo
Madera is not a trained health worker but she is waging her own personal “mother’s campaign” to encourage other women to vaccinate their children against measles in Madagascar.
The second World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa Health Forum culminated today with a road map that governments in the region as well as partners should urgently implement to manage and mitigate Africa’s health needs.
