Tag: World Health Organisation (WHO)
Health in Africa: the tree that hides the forest
In August, World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Monitoring Report on Universal Health Coverage in Africa revealed a 10-year rise in...
Tying the noose on cerebrospinal meningitis
In mid-March, 16-year-old Saifullahi Bulama, residing in Garin Mu’azu, located in Sule Tankankar Local Government Area (LGA) in Jigawa...
Live a dignified life with treatment – says noma survivor
Mohammadu Usman a 22-year-old noma survivor has found a home at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in Sokoto State,...
EMT team deployed in Somalia as WHO scales up efforts to strengthen trauma care services
The World Health Organisation (WHO), Country Office in Somalia recently deployed an emergency medical team (EMT) in Mogadishu to...
Ethiopia’s nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign targets over 15.5 million children
Ethiopia's Federal Ministry of Health (MoH) officially launched a nationwide integrated measles vaccination campaign on December 22, 2022, in...
World Health Organization meets with Egypt’s President to discuss assistive technology
Following a series of virtual meetings on assistive technology with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Society...
WHO helps develop capacity of Namibia government to better respond to misinformation during public health emergencies
The Ministry of Health in Namibia and Social Services with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) trained national...
Making mental health a priority amongst community leaders in Namibia
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Namibia supported the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN) seminar on mental health to...
South Sudan develops health sector strategic plan for 2023-2027
Strategic and operational planning is important for translating the National Health Policy Vision and Goals into actionable interventions that...
Worsening climate-related health crisis as disease outbreaks surge in the greater Horn of Africa region
New analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) has found that the number of reported disease outbreaks and climate-related health...
Global health agencies’ strategy in support of Uganda’s response to Ebolavirus disease outbreak
Following the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September 2022, the outbreak has now spread to...
Ethiopia: With extensive surveillance, investigation and follow ups, no suspected polio case is too hard to reach
Abdisalan Muktar Ali is a World Health Organization (WHO) disease surveillance officer based in Dollo Zone in Ethiopia’s Somali...