Eswatini gets new WHO Representative
Receives warm welcome in Mbabane
The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to the Kingdom of Eswatini Dr Cornelia Atsyor presented her credentials to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International…
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Zimbabwe to vaccinate 500,000 against cholera in cyclone-affected communities
An oral cholera vaccine (OCV) campaign targeting some 487 825 people began Tuesday, April 16, in Zimbabwe in the two…
WHO releases first guideline on digital health interventions
WHO on Thursday released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services.
“Harnessing the power…
Measles cases up 300 percent in 2019, WHO says
UNICEF expresses concern
More than 112,000 cases of measles already reporter this year
'Many countries are in the midst of sizeable measles outbreaks,' WHO says
Measles cases have continued to climb into 2019.…
Nigeria gears up for 2019 VivaTech
Sanofi connects African startups with new digital solutions to healthcare
Nigerian emerges as finalist
No fewer than 50 African startups will pitch their digital solutions for effective health care delivery at the…
Ghanaian anaesthetists on partial strike over change of name
Members of the Ghana Association of Certified Registered Anaesthetists (GACRA) have begun a partial strike in demand of a name change.
They want the government to acknowledge them as Certified Registered Anaesthetists.
They are…
Mobile phone app that discovers disease and saves lives in Africa
What if a mobile phone could prevent a health epidemic? It may sound like science fiction, but the World Health Organization's (WHO) Polio Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology is doing just that in 43 countries in Africa.
The…
WHO rushes medical aid to Libya, as civil war rages
As clashes around Tripoli continued and the number of wounded rose to the hundreds, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today, reacted swiftly to provide field hospitals and ambulances with critically-needed life saving supplies.
“We…
Widely used treatment to prevent malaria in pregnancy at risk of failing in areas with…
A recent study has revealed that that widely used malaria treatment to prevent malaria in pregnant women is now at risk of failing in areas where drug resistance is on the increase.
In the most comprehensive study to date, Worldwide…
Health For All is possible, says WHO DG on World Health Day
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organisation says Health for all is possible in all nations saying even with health systems that are less than perfect, countries at many different income levels…