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A lack of uninterrupted access to oxygen in Liberia has contributed to preventable deaths, a problem amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, when demand for medical oxygen surpassed the country’s capacity.In a bid to address this deficit, in 2022, local health authorities, with funding from the…
In recognition of World Patient Safety Day, the editorial team sat down with Dr Pierre Kariyo, an expert on patient safety, to discuss key challenges and advancements in patient safety within medical facilities across Africa. In this insightful interview, Dr Kariyo highlights critical safety…
Almost 800 000 people have crossed the border into South Sudan, fleeing the ongoing conflict in Sudan. Sixty per cent enter through Renk town, where WHO is working on the ground with health authorities & partners to attend to vast and complex health, humanitarian and protection needs.
South Sudan is facing challenges with disease outbreaks, and the World Bank project has significantly improved the country's early warning system and capacity for disease surveillance. This has led to increased event detection, showing positive progress in the right direction.
Since the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, we've been asking ourselves a lot of questions.
What are the symptoms of mpox and how is it transmitted?
Who is most at risk?
What preventive measures can be taken?
What should someone with mpox do to…
With support from World Health Organization and partners, South Africa has become a trailblazer in its bid to tackle this epidemic.
In recent years, South Africa has focused on scaling-up efforts to find people with undiagnosed TB and link them to care as swiftly as possible.
Combined with other…
Environmental Surveillance for polio entails regular collection of sewage or wastewater. The rationale for Environmental Surveillance is the fact that polio is a faeco-oral disease, and infected people can shed the virus in their faeces for weeks. The World Health Organization Regional…
Seventy-eight year-old Ernesto Cabral understands altruism. It runs in his veins.
Ernesto is the nephew of one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders and Cabo Verde’s national hero, Amílcar Cabral.
While his uncle dedicated his life to fight colonial powers in Africa, Ernesto chose to fight a…
In Mozambique, a protracted civil war had a devastating impact on public health services and infrastructure.
Largely because of this legacy, in the year 2000, Mozambique had one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality, with roughly one in 160 women dying from pregnancy or childbirth…
Lesotho has administered over human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to than 139 000 girls between the ages of 9 and 14 to have been vaccinated against HPV since Lesotho’s Ministry of Health launched a new nationwide campaign in 2022 with support from World Health Organization and other partners.…
Almost 800 000 people have to date fled to #SouthSudan to seek refuge from the ongoing armed conflict in #Sudan crisis. Devastated by violence, they face dire living conditions, deprived of adequate food, water, shelter, health & other basic services. @WHO is working on the ground,…