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It's a wet Monday morning in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region. Many commercial drivers have already taken advantage of the early hours' rain to cash in on the numerous requests for cab services. Daniel Jordan, an Uber driver, has just dropped off a passenger when he receives another request to pick a passenger nearby. 

With Malawi’s top-level leadership fully committed to addressing bottlenecks that are hampering the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, WHO’s emergency ‘surge’ team is on the ground, supporting the national initiative.

WHO consultant Zora Machekanyanga travelled from Zimbabwe last week to join team leader Dr Charles Byabamazima and Dr Caroline Ryan. 

Yola, 1 November, 2021 - Maimuna Abdulraham a caregiver and four other women living in Yola South Local Government Area in Adamawa state sat patiently under a tree in front of their houses awaiting the turn of their children to receive the antimalarial drugs administered by a community health dispenser. 

The drugs are administered as the fourth cycle of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention, SMC intervention in   Adamawa and Yobe states. It is part of the larger efforts to eliminate the scourge in the states and the country in general. 

Ben Zaid Hospital welcomed on Monday, October 11, an emergency medical team from the UK MED, through the Secretariat Emergency Medical Team (EMT) of the World Health Organization (WHO). The deployment of this team follows a request from the Ministry of Health to support the country's efforts to manage severe cases of COVID-19 and to help strengthen the skills of local national teams. 

Brazzaville - Just five African countries, less than 10% of Africa’s 54 nations, are projected to hit the year-end target of fully vaccinating 40% of their people, unless efforts to accelerate the pace take off. This comes as the Region grapples to meet rising demand for essential vaccination commodities, such as syringes.

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