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Titus Mwanza from Zambia is a former tobacco farmer who swapped to food crops four years ago.
He is now an advocate for Tobacco-Free Farms, a joint initiative between WHO, ministries of agriculture & UN partners, which supports tobacco farmers to switch to alternative crops.
Unusually heavy downpours during Kenya’s main rainy season have triggered massive flooding across the country.
To date, almost 55 000 households have been displaced, 188 people injured and 291 people have died.
The government and its partners mounted a multisectoral emergency response.
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The goal is to achieve zero cases of leprosy, zero disability and zero discrimination.
The country is implementing various strategies, including early detection and free and appropriate treatment.
Free diagnosis and treatment to eliminate leprosy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that kills thousands of people around the world every year.
In 2023, more than 260,000 cases were recorded, but according to the National Tuberculosis Programme this figure does not reflect the reality.
Stigmatization, late diagnosis, and the remote screening…
The Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia will be launching a 4-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign.
Here is an important message from the World Health Organization Liberia Representative, Dr. Clement Peter.
Together, let's kick polio out of Liberia.
With a bold target of halving the African region’s critical 6.1-million health workforce shortage by 2030, the African Health Workforce Investment Charter will mobilize and align domestic and partner funding to strengthen, grow and retain the continent’s health workforce, especially in rural and…
USAID, WHO & partners provide life-saving health services crisis-affected communities in South Sudan
Over a year since the start of the Sudan crisis, refugees and returnees continue to enter South Sudan.
Many grapple with difficult living conditions and health challenges, including malnutrition and infectious diseases.
USAID, World Health Organization and partners are providing life-saving…
The Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia will be launching a 4-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign.
In the African region, efforts to improve health and well-being are bearing fruit. Healthy life expectancy has increased from 45 to 55 years.
Mortality among newborn children declined, and under-five deaths dropped by 53% between 2000 and 2020.
Progress is due in no small part to ongoing efforts…
Zambia’s recent cholera outbreak demanded urgent action and oral cholera vaccination was a key aspect of Zambia’s multisectoral outbreak response.
Of the 1.8 million people targeted during the ten-day vaccination campaign, 98.5% were reached.
Niger is making great strides in the fight against tuberculosis and HIV, thanks to the one-stop-shop strategy implemented with support from WHO.
This approach allows patients co-infected with both diseases to benefit from integrated care at health facilities.
This reduces incidence of delayed…
Health is a fundamental human right, not a privilege. Every human being is entitled to affordable and quality healthcare services regardless of their location or status.
It is important to ensure that this right is respected and upheld, as all other human rights depend on it.
Let us work together…