Reports on public health issues, healthcare policies, and medical advancements, striving to inform and improve health outcomes across the continent.
Maria Ngobango in Ethiopia The African Union and the European Union have been at the forefront of digitalizing healthcare, as evidenced by the response to COVID-19. This includes the creation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EUDCC) and the African Union Trusted Travel Platform (TTP), supported by the AU-Koldchain PanaBIOS multi-stakeholder framework. The European Commission […]
Brazzaville – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in partnership with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, West African Health Organization, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UK Health Security Agency, Robert Koch Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today kicked off the region’s largest public health emergency […]
Eswatini government has speed their efforts to fight Polio through the finalisation of the National Polio Preparedness and Response Plan, which will create a pathway for a Polio Outbreak Simulation Exercise (POSE). Therefore joining with countries like Botswana, Mozambique, and Malawi in intensifying efforts to protect more people from polio. Following. This was through a two-day […]
Strategic and operational planning are important for translating the National Health Policy Vision and Goals into actionable interventions that contributes to transforming the health and wellbeing of the people of South Sudan in line with the National Development Strategy and sustainable development goals. To deliver health services across South Sudan, the Ministry of Health with […]
Major floods have hit central and southern Chad since mid-August, with the latest floods affecting the capital, N’Djamena, where rivers have burst their banks and whole neighbourhoods have been left underwater. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched an emergency response to address the most acute needs of people left with minimal access to basic services and exposed […]
People with disabilities are most often excluded particularly children, from participating in opportunities in their respective communities. More than two decades of socioeconomic challenges in Zimbabwe, children with disabilities are among the most marginalized and under-represented groups of children. This has been largely due to current status quo and environmental barriers including stigma and discrimination, […]
LONDON/NEW YORK, 25 October, 2022 – 559 million children are currently exposed to high heatwave frequency*, according to new research from UNICEF. Further, 624 million children are exposed to one of three other high heat measures – high heatwave duration, high heatwave severity or extreme high temperatures. During a year in which heatwaves in both the […]
30 years of child rights: Historic gains and undeniable achievements, but little progress for the world’s poorest children – UNICEF Urgent action and a recommitment to child rights needed to address age-old and emerging threats NEW YORK, 18 November 2019 – There have been historic gains overall for the world’s children since the Convention on the […]
Harare, Zimbabwe – In the wake of wild-polio outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique, neighbouring countries have stepped up surveillance to detect cases while preparing for vaccination campaigns recommended by the World Health Organization. Recent reported cases in Mozambique in particular, have put Zimbabwe on very high alert due to high traffic volumes between the two […]
Brazzaville – World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which has the world’s highest rates of death by suicide. Around 11 people per 100 000 per year die by suicide in the African region, higher than the global average of nine […]
