Botswana conducts a joint deworming and school health programme
Gaborone, Botswana - 1 March 2019: The Ministry of Health and Wellness, through support from WHO, carried a joint activity from 25th February to 1st March 2019, on the 2nd mass drug administration of (MDA) of Albendazole for 5-14 years school going children and booster vaccination on Diphtheria/Tetanus (DT) and oral polio for standard 1 and Tetanus Toxoid (TT) for standard 7 pupils. The objective of the activity was to deworm children and cut transmission cycle of Soil Helimenthes. Basic school health program activities were jointly conducted.
From 6 to 700 in seven years, midwives in South Sudan working to change maternal mortality rate
Midwife Viola putting on her gloves
“Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” says Botswana in commemorating International Women’s Day as a transformative action for Universal Health Coverage
Gaborone, Botswana - 8 March 2019: The Botswana WCO joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2019 as part of its commitment to end all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls.
Dynamic staff and sparkling maternity complex deliver improved maternal health in South Sudan
WHO Innovation Challenge to announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde
Mass measles vaccination campaign underway in response to outbreak in Mayom, South Sudan
Mayom, 6 March 2019 – A campaign to immunize nearly 40,000 children against measles was launched today, 6 March 2019. The campaign is being carried out by the Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN’s Children Fund (UNICEF) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). It comes after a measles outbreak was recently confirmed in Mayom, former Unity State.
Preventing potentially fatal tropical disease in thousands of migrants in Ethiopia
The Republic of Congo starts vaccinating 2.2 million children against Measles and Rubella
WHO remains mobilized against Lassa fever cases as number of cases go down in affected areas
Abuja, 04 March 2019 – While the number of new Lassa fever cases have significantly reduced over the past weeks, intensified response activities are on-going to control the outbreak across Nigeria. To fully contain the outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) remains mobilized and is supporting Nigeria to stem further spread of the disease.