Ghana: Ghana to Host Regional Simulation Exercise to Boost Outbreak Preparedness and Response Capacity

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Africa: WHO Equips Journalists to Spotlight Critical Health Insights From 2023 Ghana's Steps Report

In public health, data serves as a critical foundation for understanding challenges and making informed decisions. Without clear, accurate information, it's difficult for… Read more »

Central Africa: Devastating West and Central Africa Floods Affect Over 4 Million People, Raise Health Risks

Widespread flooding in West and Central Africa has affected more than 4 million people, caused extensive damage to homes, schools, health facilities and swaths of farmland,… Read more »

Africa: Sahel, Lake Chad Basin Countries Coordinate Joint Polio Eradication Plan

In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and… Read more »

Africa: Sierra Leone's Dedicated Polio Vaccinators Hit Roads to Reach Millions of Children

Using door-to-door vaccination and fixed vaccination centers in health facilities, the World Health Organization supported over 4000 vaccinators and healthcare workers in May to… Read more »

São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Principe Celebrated the World Malaria Day

The country is highly committed to reach the malaria elimination goal by 2030 Read more »

Africa: Nearly 10 000 Children Vaccinated As Malaria Vaccine Rollout in Africa Expands

Nearly 10 000 children in Burkina Faso and Cameroon have now received the RTS,S malaria vaccine since being introduced this year. A wider malaria vaccine rollout is underway this… Read more »

Liberia: WHO Donates Medical Supplies to Support Fuel Tanker Explosion Response in Bong County

The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated emergency medical supplies to the Ministry of Health in response to the fuel tanker disaster that has fatally affected over 80… Read more »

Senegal: Senegal, WHO Launch Regional Emergency Hub to Bolster Africa's Response to Health Crises

The Government of Senegal and World Health Organization (WHO) today inaugurated a regional health emergency hub in the Senegalese capital Dakar to further bolster the African… Read more »

Africa: Building Momentum Against Diphtheria Outbreak in Nigeria

When his seven-year-old brother Jubrin was diagnosed with diphtheria in July 2023, Aminu Dayyabu Alharini had never heard of the disease, the latest outbreak of which has claimed… Read more »

Mali: WHO Condemns Abduction of Colleague in Mali

World Health Organization (WHO) deplores the abduction of Dr Mahamadou Diawara, who was taken by unidentified assailants from his car on 23 January 2023 in the town of Menaka in… Read more »

Nigeria: Reducing Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure a Panacea to Universal Health Coverage

"I recall growing up in a comfortable home and lacking nothing until my father fell ill in 2010. I was in secondary school when his sickness started. He was a farmer and… Read more »

Liberia: Guarding Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Liberia

Soon after her emergency caesarean section procedure in 2021 in Phebe Hospital in Bong, Liberia, a young mother developed a far greater yet mystifying emergency: An infection… Read more »