Tanzania launched COVID-19 vaccination in July 2021. During the first year of the rollout, misinformation and rumours circulating about the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines hampered widespread uptake.
Read moreN’Djamena – Around 5.4 million children in Chad were recently vaccinated against polio in a broad and synchronised campaign. Carried out with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Polio Eradication Init…
Read moreGhana has embarked on an initiative to reinforce the skills and capacity of health workers to provide basic emergency health services in low-resource settings.
Read moreSoon after Tanzania confirmed its first case of Marburg Virus Disease in February 2023, outbreak control measures were rolled out rapidly, with the country drawing on outbreak readiness capacity built up and reinforced in recent months. The efforts by the national health authorities, health workers and communities helped to end the outbreak in just around three months.
Read moreMaputo – Delivering polio vaccines to every district of the African Region is a complex undertaking, as national authorities and health partners fighting polio in Mozambique know only too well. But with support from Worl…
Read moreIn the health district of Baga Sola in Chad’s western Lake province, mobile clinics have played a pivotal role in ensuring that the country’s most vulnerable populations can access COVID-19 vaccines.
Read moreOver the past seven years, Rwanda has significantly reduced the burden of malaria, with the infection rate dropping from 409 cases per 1000 people in 2016 to just 76 cases per 1000 people in 2022. Malaria deaths also fell by more than 89% over the same period.
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