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Dr. Jairos Hiliza handing over the support to the District Commissioner and CWBSOs on behalf of the organization

WHO provides equipment to monitor water quality in Kigoma

Mozambique confirms wild poliovirus case

Mozambique confirms wild poliovirus case

Brazzaville/Maputo – Health authorities in Mozambique today declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country’s north-eastern Tete prov

Heads of UN Agencies on a posed photo with the Guest of Honor during the launch

The United Republic of Tanzania & UN launch Five-Year Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework

17 May 2022, Dar es Salaam - The United Nations and th

Moving forward the science of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Africa

Moving forward the science of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in Africa

Thousands of clinical trials conducted in different parts of the world have shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and efficacious. So why do we continue to study the performance of these vaccines – such as a recent one done in Zambia – if we already know this?

Gender based violence continues

Involving men in tackling gender-based violence in Uganda

Kampala – As a community educator on child abuse and gender-based violence, Amos Ojandu often responds to domestic violence incidents in his local district of Y

Mental Health in the workplace graduation

Promoting mental health in the workplace in Zimbabwe

4th from the left, the Deputy WR and dignities unveiling the first Nigeria National Essential Diagnostics List (NEDL).j

Nigeria flags-off policy document to boost diagnostic testing

Abuja, 13 May, 2022 - In a bid to ensure that Nigerians have unhindered access to quality, qualitative and affordable diagnostic services, the Federal Government flagged-off and

National Microbiology Reference Laboratory Scientists processing Tricycle samples on Vitek 2 machine

High level of resistant bacteria circulating in the environment, food chain and community: A call to strengthen One Health Surveillance on antimicrobial resistance in Zimbabwe