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Aluak Bol arrived at the health facility anxious about the health of her 18-month-old daughter, Apen Magot Mabeny. She had a fever, excessive mouth salivation and poor appetite. She cried horribly when urinating, which was reddened.

“We don’t have enough food to feed our children, especially during the dry season. Because of this condition, she is 18 months old but she doesn’t talk and walk compared to children her age,” Aluak tells the certified midwife on duty.  She has five other children at home in the village of Cuei-cok in Rumbek Center, the former Lakes State.

Juba, 17 October, 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched at the global level health events termed Walk the Talk events. The first of this kind took place before the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High level meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in New York, 23 September, 2019.  Subsequent events have since been organized in WHO Headquarters, Regional Officers and many Country Offices.

Minna, 17 October 2019 - In Njediko community of Niger state, Mrs Aishatu Usman says, “Without this care, where would we go to when our children are sick since there is no hospital nearby?”.

Gaborone, Botswana - 15 October 2019: The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, convened a two-day meeting of the African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development where she welcomed new members and thanked those who served in the previous committee for accepting to join the committee. She requested a moment of silence in remembrance of the late Professor Bongani Mayosi who chaired the previous committee.

Dutse, 04 October, 2019 - In Jigawa State in northern Nigeria, Primary Healthcare Centers (PHC) have started using special “health ambassadors” to help improve immunization coverage – with very encouraging results.  

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18 million children against measles and rubella, which amounts to 43% of the country’s population. Among them, 8.2 million children younger than 59 months, or 20.5% of the population, will also receive the oral polio vaccine.

Uganda has experienced measles outbreaks across numerous districts in the past three years. At the same time, polio remains a daunting threat, given evidence of vaccine-derived strains circulating in neighbouring countries.

Gbarnga, 12^th October 2019