Tackling the common health challenges of African Small Island Developing States
Countries commit to scaling-up IDSR to tackle guinea worm disease in Africa
Experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda convened in Entebbe, Uganda, to identify and discuss opportunities to strengthen cross-border interventions for guinea worm disease eradication. Participants mapped a joint action plan for 2018 to strengthen surveillance, communication and coordination for guinea worm disease eradication. They further charted a strategy to strengthen cross-border surveillance among refugees to prevent the disease from spilling over to refugee host-communities.
Mitigating health risks in the wake of disaster
FREETOWN, September 21 2017 --- On the morning of 14th August 2017, people in Sierra Leone awoke to tragic news. Following torrential rains, landslides had devastated communities in and around the country’s capital, Freetown. The landslide started in the Regent area, high on the slopes in the eastern part of the city, but flash floods, mudslides and boulders then cascaded down the mountainside, eviscerating everything in their way.
Campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées : un engouement certain
A jour 3, la campagne prévue pour durer 5 jours se déroule comme prévue. C’est le constat fait par les superviseurs de l’OMS au Burundi, des experts présents sur plusieurs axes du pays dont Kayanza, Ngozi, Kirundo, Rutana–Makamba, Bujumbura-Gitega, sans oublier Bujumbura la capitale. Des équipes fixes de distribution sont en place au niveau des centres de santé et des équipes mobiles sont déployées sur les sites avancés au niveau des écoles et des lieux de grande affluence.
WHO with funding from the Government of Canada inaugurates newly constructed maternity complexes in Awiel and Kuajok
19 September 2017, Juba – As part of its efforts to ensure the delivery and utilization of quality comprehensive emergency obstetrics and newborn care services in hospitals in South Sudan, the World Health Organization (WHO) with support from the Government of Canada through the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD) has inaugurated the newly constructed fully-equipped maternity complexes in Aweil, former Northern Barh el Ghazal State and Kuajok, former Warrap State.
Borno applauds WHO's response to cholera outbreak.
Maiduguri, 19 September 2017 - As the cholera vaccination campaign kicks off for the first time in Nigeria in the affected areas of Borno state, the Deputy Governor, His Excellency Usman Mamman Durkwa has commended World Health Organization’s (WHO) commitment to contain the outbreak.
Polio eradication: Experts say Nigeria not ‘out of the woods yet’.
Abuja, 20 September 2017-The 34th session of the Expert Review Committee on Polio Eradication and Routine Immunization (ERC), cautions the Nigeria programme to guard against complacency as the country is ”not out of the woods yet”. The warning according to ERC is germane, given recent antecedents despite one year without any reported case of wild poliovirus (WPV) in Nigeria.
WHO and partners respond to flood crises in the former Northern Bahr el Ghazal and Upper Nile States of South Sudan
18 September 2017, Juba – The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Ministry of Health and partners are scaling up the emergency response in the flood affected areas of Aweil West and Aweil North Counties of former Norther Bahr el Ghazal State, and Maban County of former Upper Nile State.
Protéger les burundais du paludisme : campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées du 18 au 22 septembre
Du 18 au 22 septembre 2017, le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de Lutte contre le Sida et ses partenaires organisent une campagne de distribution des moustiquaires imprégnées d’insecticides dans tous les ménages du Burundi.
En appui à cette activité d’envergure nationale, le Bureau de l’OMS a déployé des équipes de supervision de cette campagne sur plusieurs axes dont, Kayanza, Ngozi Kirundo, l’axe Rutana –makamba , sans oublier Bujumbura mairie.
One year after Nigeria emergency declaration.
Eight years of conflict and crisis in north-eastern Nigeria have left two-thirds of health facilities completely or partially destroyed and millions of people without access to healthcare. In August last year, when health teams managed to reach previously inaccessible areas, they found a critical situation. Functioning health facilities were overburdened and more than 40% of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps had no access to basic healthcare services.