Africa: Over 33 Million Children Vaccinated Against Wild Poliovirus in Southern Africa

A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild poliovirus type 1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated… Read more »

Africa: Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy in Mozambique's Polio Fight

It is the last day of polio vaccination campaign in Niassa, a province in northern Mozambique, and a mobile vaccination team headed by health worker Celina Miguel is going… Read more »

Namibia: Lessons From Who GBV Clinical Handbook

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a sensitive topic that requires professionals working with victims and survivors to be empathetic. Read more »

Southern Africa: WHO Validates Malawi for Eliminating Trachoma, First Country in Southern Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma--a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated--as a public health… Read more »

Zambia: A Sewage Plant, Surveillance and Polio Fight in Zambia

Environmental surveillance teams across Zambia are instrumental to the country's polio eradication programme. Since the outbreak of wild poliovirus in Malawi in February 2022, they… Read more »

Southern Africa: Ramping Up Polio Outbreak Response in Southern Africa

Following a case of wild poliovirus in February 2022 in Malawi, the country and four other geographically close nations kicked off a large-scale vaccination campaigns and ramped up… Read more »

Malawi: WHO Malawi Country Office Welcomes a New Country Representative

The World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi Country Office has a new representative, Dr Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo. The new WHO country representative has officially assumed duties… Read more »

Zambia: Moving Forward the Science of Covid-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in Africa

Thousands of clinical trials conducted in different parts of the world have shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and efficacious. So why do we continue to study the performance of… Read more »

Southern Africa: Southern Africa Faces Uptick in Covid-19 Cases

Southern Africa is facing an upsurge in COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive week as the winter season in the region approaches. The uptick has broken a two-month-long decline… Read more »

Angola: Angola Bolsters Fight Against Covid-19 Misinformation

Joana Domingos had long ceased to believe the official COVID-19 information coming from national authorities in her native Angola. Read more »

Southern Africa: Botswana, South Africa Deepen Probe Into New Omicron Sub-Variants

Researchers in Botswana and South Africa have detected new sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 and are carrying out further investigations to fully understand… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Declares Polio Outbreak

The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is the first case of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Why Do Neglected Tropical Diseases Suffer Low Priority?

Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people across Africa, yet the efforts to eliminate them and alleviate the suffering they cause receive little national attention.… Read more »

Namibia: WHO Receives an Exquisite Painting From a Local Visual Artist

A Namibian visual artist, Hage Mukwendje, handed over a special painting to the World Health Organization on 21 January 2022 at the UN-House, Windhoek, Namibia. The painting was… Read more »

Namibia: Marrying Public Health With Information Communication Technology (ICT)

Imagine a woman in a remote setting needing to return to the nearest health facility for follow-up treatment receiving a reminder on her mobile phone or a patient needing the next… Read more »

South Africa: Omicron Spreads but Severe Cases Remain Low in South Africa

The Omicron variant is reaching more countries in Africa and weekly COVID-19 cases in the continent surged by 93%. However, there are signs of hope as preliminary data indicates… Read more »

Botswana: Botswana Is First Country With Severe HIV Epidemic to Reach Key Milestone in the Elimination of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Botswana has become the first high-burden country to be certified for achieving an important milestone on the path to eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV by the World… Read more »

Africa: Africa Steps Up Omicron Variant Detection As Covid-19 Cases Rise in Southern Africa

African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rise by 54% due to an upsurge in… Read more »

Malawi: WHO Malawi Holds a Consultation Meeting With the Ministry of Health to Plan for 2022-2023 Biennium

World Health Organization Malawi Country Office (WCO) held a consultation meeting with Ministry of Health on 26th November 2021 at Sunbird Hotel in Blantyre to plan for a new… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Strengthening Management of Childhood Cancer in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is making great strides in strengthening cancer management as part of the country's efforts to make Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) services more accessible. With the… Read more »

Namibia: The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia Held Its Health Sector Performance Review

The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia in collaboration with its development partners led by the World Health Organisation (WHO) is conducting a Health Sector… Read more »

Zambia: Germany Donates 924 000 Surgical Face Masks to WHO for the Support of Work in Zambia

On 10 November 2021, H.E. Anne Wagner-Mitchell, the German Ambassador to Zambia and Dr Nathan Bakyaita, WHO Representative to Zambia came together with Hon Sylvia Masebo, Minister… Read more »

Namibia: Strengthening Schools to Ensure Safe Continuity of Education Amidst Covid-19

Covid-19 calls for resilient school environment that ensures continuity in education and services beyond academic delivery. Available data suggests that COVID-19 have limited… Read more »

Namibia: Strengthening Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Capacities in Namibia.

The African Ministers of Health adopted the Regional Strategy for Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR 2020-2030) during the 69th Regional Committee for Africa in… Read more »

Namibia: Ready for Resurgence - Namibia's Health Workers Prepare for Another Covid-19 Wave

Wearing a surgical mask securely fitted over his nose and mouth, Frans Nambinga, a nurse at Namibia's Windhoek Central Hospital, carefully marked down tips on triage and signs a… Read more »