Causes of hearing loss
Hearing unlike vision, often fades so gradually that we scarcely notice the change. We turn up the volume of our TV, cellphone or radio, perhaps not even notici…
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There are many languages, but health is universal!
To mark World Mother Language Day, celebrated every 21 February, colleagues from the WHO Regional Office for Africa have shared some advice on health in their m…
WHO South Sudan: Key accomplishments 2021‒2023
Over the years 2021 to 2023, the WHO South Sudan country office made remarkable strides towards achieving its goals. This period was marked by several noteworth…
Quality health care for displaced people in North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
Violence is escalating in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, forcing millions of people into camps for internally displaced people. In Bulengo, one o…
Botswana strengthens human rights approach to prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Botswana strengthens human rights approach to prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Data for action shape Zambia's cholera outbreak response
Data for action play a pivotal role in Zambia's #cholera outbreak response and determine critical issues such as where to establish cholera treatment centres, w…
Ismael, bone cancer survivor
In 2022, Ismael from Niger was diagnosed with bone cancer. After months of treatment at a @WHO-supported cancer center, Ismael is now in remission and on the pa…
Oral rehydration points at heart of cholera response in Lusaka, Zambia
Oral rehydration points, and the community-based volunteers who are tasked to run them, are at the heart of Zambia’s community-based #cholera response. Watch ho…