Malawi: Malawi Launches Tipewe Cholera/Covid-19 Campaign As Part of National Community Health Day Commemorations

Malawi government has today launched the National Community Health Framework (2023-2030), the "Tipewe Cholera/Covid 19" campaign and re-launched the Human Papilloma virus… Read more »

Africa: Joint Statement by UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WFP and WHO on Humanitarian Supplies Crossing into Gaza

A first, but limited, shipment of life-saving humanitarian supplies from the United Nations and the Egyptian Red Crescent entered Gaza today on 20 trucks, passing through the Rafah… Read more »

Africa: 'Closing the Care Gap - the Role of Families' in Breast Cancer Battle

The Ministry of Health, Cancer Unit has recorded 577 cases of cancer between January 2023 and June 2023, 33 of which are cancers of the breast. While many cancer patients in… Read more »

Malawi: Malawi Holds National Cholera Outbreak Review

The Ministry of Health has convened a National After-Action Review AAR meeting to reflect on the response to the recent Cholera outbreak. The aim of the review is to share lessons,… Read more »

Africa: Off-Track Cervical Cancer Progress Risks 70,000 Deaths Every Year in Africa

About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to… Read more »

Africa: Health Leaders Vow to Enhance Response As Africa Marks a Year Without Wild Polio Detection

As the African region marks one year since the last confirmed detection of wild poliovirus type 1, Ministers of Health and other health leaders gathering for the Seventy-third… Read more »

Africa: Funding Crisis Threatens Africa's Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases

With chronic underfunding threatening Africa's fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, health officials and donors meeting for the World Health Organization… Read more »

Africa: African Health Ministers Mobilize Against Dangerous Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Gaborone, 29 August 2023 – African health ministers today endorsed a regional strategy to ramp up action against antimicrobial resistance, which is estimated to have directly… Read more »

Africa: Bridging the Funding Gap to Defeat Malaria in Africa

Senior Africa health officials, donors and development partners convened today on the side-lines of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa and urged for… Read more »

Africa: Dr Matshidiso Moeti Receives Botswana's Presidential Order for Meritorious Service Award

The President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi, awarded the Presidential Order for Meritorious Service Award to WHO Regional Director for Africa,… Read more »

Africa: African Health Ministers Kick Off Region's Flagship Health Meeting

African health ministers and government representatives today opened the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa to discuss and… Read more »

Africa: WHO Celebrates Inaugural Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme Recipients

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa this week inaugurated the first cohort of candidates of the Mwele Malecela Mentorship (MMM) Programme for Women in… Read more »

Namibia: Minister Shangula Inaugurates the National Drug Control Commission

Namibia became a member of the United Nations at Independence in 1990 and has since ratified several Conventions on drug control including the UN Convention against Illicit… Read more »

Africa: Low Donor Numbers Hamper Africa's National Blood Services

A terrible car accident in late 2022 in Ghana's southern Akuse town left Nana Serwaa Brakatuo in a critical condition. With a ruptured liver and blood clots in the lungs, doctors… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea Ends

The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended today with no new cases reported over the past 42 days after the last patient was discharged from treatment. Read more »

Africa: Tackling Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Africa

Every year more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced globally and an estimated 19-23 million tons end up in lakes, rivers and seas. However, less than 10% of the world's… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Largest Polio Vaccination Drive Since 2020 Targets 21 Million Children

Africa's largest polio vaccination campaign since 2020 kicks off today in three West and Central African countries, in a combined effort by national health authorities to immunise… Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs to Vaccinate 33 Million Children to Put Progress Back On Track

An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 to put the continent back on track to achieve the 2030 global immunization goals that… 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 »