Ethiopia, Somaliland and Puntland jointly plan for the synchronized HoA cross-border polio response
WHO Representative to Botswana finishes tour of duty on re-assignment
Gaborone, Botswana - 25 July 2019: This morning, His Excellency Dr Mokgwetsi E.K. Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana, hosted Dr Martins Ovberedjo, the WHO Representative to Botswana (WR), who was bidding him farewell as he completes his tour-of-duty in Botswana. Dr Ovberedjo has served in Botswana since January 2016 and he is leaving on re-assignment to Eritrea.
After tropical cyclone Idai Sofala province successfully conducts second round of oral cholera vaccination
Maputo, 24 de Julho - On July 22 the Ministry of Health successfully completed the second round of the emergency cholera vaccination campaign in districts affected by tropical cyclone Idai which affected Sofala province in central Mozambique in March 2019.
Like the first round, held in April this year, over 800,000 people over the age of one were vaccinated.
Zambia Commemorates World No Tobacco Day
On 11 July 2019, Zambia commemorated the World No Tobacco Day to advocate for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption and to engage stakeholders across multiple sectors in the tobacco control.
Seychelles engages on ways to redefine bringing health for all at first ‘National Primary Health Care Conference’
In Seychelles, every Seychellois is entitled to basic health care as enshrined in its Constitution. In the early 1980s, the country adopted the primary health care approach, where all Seychellois, irrespective of their living circumstances, receives primary health services free of charge at the point of use in the public sector. Close to forty years down the line, with the technical support of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Ministry of Health (MoH) held a national conference to take stock of the country’s primary health care system.
SIDS Pooled Procurement Initiative to Improve Access To Quality Medicines
WHO partners NCDC for effective containment of cholera outbreaks
Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - As the rainy season reaches its peak, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) are strengthening early warning and reporting mechanisms for prompt detection and containment of cholera outbreaks.
Renewed impetus to achieve universal access to immunization by 2030
Functional Review Team identifies potential areas for repositioning WHO Nigeria towards achieving sustainable national health goals.
Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa Region Functional Review Mission has indicated on 19 July, 2019 that Nigeria Country Office can leverage on successes recorded in Polio eradication for greater national public health impact.
Mixing it with the Motards: understanding the needs and concerns of crucial community communicators
Alloya, a town serving a gold mining district in North Kivu is a town that understands trade and business. It is also a town with deep mistrust of Ebola responders. All too often, the belief that the Ebola response is about ‘business’ rather than saving lives, has taken hold.
In late June, cases of Ebola began to reappear in Alloya, following reintroduction of the virus by an infected person who avoided surveillance and travelled to the area from the then epicentre, Butembo.