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Dar es Salaam - Effective management of infodemics help reduce its impact on the global as well as national efforts that are tailored to prevent and respond to public health emergencies. The overflow of information that surges across the digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak causes confusion and risk-taking behaviors that normally intensity or lengthen outbreaks, particularly when people are unsure about what they need to do to protect themselves.

Bulawayo – The Ministry of Health and Child Care (MoHCC) in Zimbabwe with support from the World Health Organization and UNICEF conducted an Intra Action Review (IAR) of the current cholera response in the country from 3-7 June 2024.

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Kwekwe - Every year on 14 June, Zimbabwe joins the global community in commemorating World Blood Donor Day, as a moment to honor those who selflessly donate their blood to save lives.

By providing affordable access to quality health services, Primary Health Care (PHC) forms the cornerstone for advancing towards universal health coverage (UHC) and ultimately for improving people’s health and well-being across the life-course.

Message of the Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, on World Blood Donor Day

Maseru-Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of lifesaving health care. Vulnerable people, such as mothers during childbirth, under-nourished and malaria-affected children, victims of trauma and accidents, and patients suffering from sickle cell and other chronic diseases, particularly benefit from this care1.

Zanzibar – COVID damaged economies and the tourism sector everywhere. As cities are the global focus of economic activity, population growth and health risk, how do we better prepare both old and new cities for health emergencies? In Africa alone, more than half the population is expected to live in cities in just 15 years. WHO convenes the first global health and urbanization meeting of city and health officials, to share COVID and other lessons learned, to see how to better prepare - for future pandemics and health emergencies.

World Blood Donor Day is celebrated every year on 24 June. This year's theme is "20 years of celebrating donation: thank you, blood donors!".

A new, comprehensive framework has been launched to guide health authorities, policy-makers and other stakeholders towards elimination of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) as a public health problem in eastern Africa.

Also known as kala-azar, VL is a deadly parasitic disease that causes fever, weight loss, spleen and liver enlargement, and – if untreated – death. Transmitted by the bite of infected female sandflies, VL is endemic in 80 countries around the world. In 2022, eastern Africa accounted for 73% of global VL cases, half of which occurred in children aged under 15 years.