WHO deploys Polio personnel to forestall disease outbreaks in Benue state communities affected by floods.
Makurdi, 07 September 2017 - “Sunday the 27 of August is not a day I will forget in a hurry. It was as if the heavens opened their doors and it did not only rain, it poured. Visibility was bad and with the torrential rains, houses shook, roof tops gave way and before you knew it, we were outside in the rain and no where to go,” says Mrs. Theresa Ityokyaan a resident of Makurdi.
WHO and the Carter Center supports the cash reward programme for reporting of Guinea Worm Disease in Tonj State, South Sudan
5 September 2017, Tonj State, South Sudan– the Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Carter Center has launched the Cash Reward programme for reporting of Guinea Worm Disease in Tonj State on 3 August 2017.
As one of the neglected tropical diseases, Guinea Worm disease which had been known for centuries will be the first parasitological disease to be eradicated in the world.
Eradicating dracunculiasis: Chad intensifies national campaign as ninth human case is confirmed
6 September 2017 | Geneva -- The Ministry of Public Health of Chad has launched a national “Heroes of Guinea-worm campaign” to accelerate the prompt detection and containment of all human cases and animals infected with Dracunculiasis medinensis (the Guinea worm).
South Sudan’s malaria toll highlights disease burden in war-torn nation
Malaria infections are on the rise in South Sudan, with more than 1.3 million people infected in 2017, and thousands others sick with measles and cholera
Juba, 6 September 2017 – South Sudan’s disease burden is rising rapidly in the midst of a protracted conflict that is causing widespread displacement and a major food crisis.
Looking out for Acute Watery Diarrhoea in Somali region: A day in the life of a World Health Organization (WHO) surveillance officer in Ethiopia’s Somali region
Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas
FREETOWN, 5 September 2017 – Half a million people in Sierra Leone will be able to access the life-saving cholera vaccine within weeks, the country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation announced on Tuesday.
Unveiling health research priorities in the African Region
Brazzaville, Congo 4 September 2017 - Health research experts are meeting in Brazzaville, Congo today to discuss some of the pressing issues facing research in the Region. The meeting which is being attended by the members of the African Advisory Committee on Health Research and Development (AACHRD), aims to identify the region’s health research priorities and the use of evidence to address priority public health problems.
African Health Ministers pledge firm actions against yellow fever
Séance de sensibilisation des refugies au camp de Bwagiriza
Bwagiriza, un des quatre camps de réfugiés du pays, placés sous la gestion du UNHCR. Le camp de Bwagiriza est situé dans le Centre-Est du Burundi à 170 Km de la capitale Bujumbura. Selon les statistiques, il y aurait quelque 4513 femmes et 4365 hommes, soit environ 9.000 personnes déplacées du Congo (RDC), voisin. Ce matin du 25 août 2017, l’équipe médicale organise une sensibilisation sur le thème : l’automédication et ses méfaits.
WHO provides unprecedented support to Nigeria’s Coordination Center to close perennial routine immunization gaps
Abuja, 31 August 2017-The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated equipment to the National Emergency Routine Immunization Coordination Centre (NERICC) to improve responsiveness in the resolution of routine immunization (RI) gaps especially in low performing areas for immunization.