Ghana steps up drive to revamp routine immunization
As immunization levels fell in over 100 countries worldwide between 2019 and 2021, in the largest sustained decline in childhood vaccinations in three decades, Ghana was not spared.
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Reaching vulnerable populations in Kenya’s cholera outbreak
Since October 2022, Kenya’s arid northern region has been affected by a cholera outbreak triggered by the impact of a prolonged and severe drought. The country has recorded more than 7800 cases and 122 deaths as of 26 March 2023.
Read moreIn Malawi, community-run Oral Rehydration Points help address cholera deaths
In Area 36, a densely populated neighbourhood of the capital of Malawi, Lilongwe, community volunteers and health workers keep a lifesaving Oral Rehydration Point (ORP) open every day, all day long.
Read moreDelivering health services to Ethiopia’s drought-affected populations
Prolonged drought in parts of the greater Horn of Africa region has devastated millions of lives. In South and south-eastern Ethiopia, around 24 million people are grappling with severe food insecurity, malnutrition and extreme deprivation as their livelihoods have been severely affected following five straight seasons of failed rains.
Read moreKeeping up the vigilance on Ebola in Uganda’s capital
With no new Ebola cases registered in the Ugandan capital since 14 November, the Kampala Capital City health authorities in collaboration with the Ministry of Health recently carried out a seven-day public awareness campaign to maintain the population’s vigilance to help end the outbreak. With support from World Health Organization (WHO), the Central Division authorities worked with more than 1500 community mobilizers and “boda boda” – motor taxi drivers – who went on a door-to-door drive every day to raise awareness, fight rumours and misinformation and ensure that people report any suspected Ebola cases.
Read moreCaring for Uganda’s Ebola survivors
Mubende, Uganda ‒ Uganda declared the end of Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus on 11 January 2023. The health authorities worked intensely, ramping up outbreak control measures that helped to halt the vir…
Read moreGlobal Polio Eradication Initiative implements gender equality strategy in Zimbabwe’s polio fight
Harare – Zimbabwe successfully completed the first round of a vaccination drive against wild poliovirus between October 27 and 30, 2022, reaching 2.2 million eligible children under the age of five, who are most at risk …
Read moreRallying to defeat mpox in Nigeria
Nigeria is witnessing a rise in mpox cases. Between 1 January and 30 October 2022, 583 confirmed cases were recorded, compared with only 34 confirmed cases during 2021. The surge has prompted the health authorities to ramp up control measures to curb the transmission of the virus.
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