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Health workers returning from a riverine settlement.

Caregivers and health workers brave difficult terrains to vaccinate children in hard-to-reach settlements of Taraba state    

Jalingo, 16 December, 2021  - For Ms.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over

Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over

The Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province in October – the second in 2021 – was today declared over, the national health authorities announced after no new cases were reported at the end of a 42-day countdown, or two incubation periods after the last confirmed case was discharged.
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Africa clocks fastest surge in COVID-19 cases this year, but deaths remain low

Africa clocks fastest surge in COVID-19 cases this year, but deaths remain low

An 83% surge in new COVID-19 cases during the past week in Africa, driven by the Delta and the Omicron variants, is causing fewer deaths than previous surges—but more waves could be building as updated forecasts warn that the continent may not reach 70% vaccine coverage until August 2024, a new World Health Organization (WHO) pandemic assessment finds.  
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WR administering a Oral Cholera Vaccine during the national campaign in Zanzibarctoral Early Childhood Development Programme

Tanzania launches a National Multi-sectoral Early Childhood Development Programme

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Small quantity of the donated items on display

WHO boosts Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response and disease surveillance with $600,000 worth of laboratory commodities.

The World Health Organization has handed over a consignment of various laboratory commodities for COVID-19 as well as routine laboratory testing worth over $600,000 to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation. The donation is part of the Organization’s continued assistance to Sierra Leone to scale-up COVID-19 testing and confirmation of cases in communities and public health facilities at national and sub-national levels; heightened surveillance for Ebola; and, to ensure availability of critical laboratory testing services for appropriate patient management.
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Omicron spreads but severe cases remain low in South Africa

Omicron spreads but severe cases remain low in South Africa

The Omicron variant is reaching more countries in Africa and weekly COVID-19 cases in the continent surged by 93%. However, there are signs of hope as preliminary data indicates that hospitalizations across South Africa remain low.
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COVID-19 vaccination in Uganda

WHO provides 3,360 testing kits to Uganda for screening the COVID-19 Omicron variant of concern

Kampala, December 09, 2021: - As part of the prevention and rapid identification of a new COVID-19 variant in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has pr

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Dr Paul Samson Baba, Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health and Dr Fabian Ndenzako, the WHO Representative a.i. for South Sudan joined by Directors General and other top officials from the Ministry of Health and WCO technical staff in a group photo during the 2022-2023 biennium plan meeting in Juba

WHO South Sudan conducts a consultation meeting with the Ministry of Health to review the draft 2022-2023 biennium plan.

6 December 2021, Juba -The World Health Organization (WHO) South Sudan Country Office held a consultative meeting with the senior management of the Ministry of

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