This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Ebola Disease caused by Sudan virus in Uganda Cholera in Kenya For each of...
Summary of new polioviruses this week:
IOM works with national and local authorities in order to gain a better understanding of population movements throughout Southern Africa. Through the setup of Flow Monitoring Points (FMPs), IOM seeks...
Lusaka, 20 November 2022 – The Presidents of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, and the Vice President of Namibia have come together in a summit led by around 500 children to mark World Children’s Day...
As of 30 October 2022, a total of 273 million people in the African Region had completed the primary COVID-19 vaccination series, representing 23.4% of the Region’s population. Three countries have...
This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: For each of these events, a brief description, followed by public health...
What is the real context of this year’s various global detections to the worldwide eradication effort? In this editorial published in International Health, Aidan O’Leary, Director of the Global Polio...
The southern African region is going into another cylone season. This outlook covers the South-West Indian Ocean (SWIO) cyclonic basin. For the upcoming Southern Africa cyclonic season (November 2022...
Highlights • The bulk of the Southern Africa region is expected to experience normal to above-normal rainfall in the 2022-2023 season, which is characteristic of a La Niña year; • Above average...
This Weekly Bulletin focuses on public health emergencies occurring in the WHO African region. This week’s articles cover: Ebola disease caused by Sudan virus in Uganda Cholera in Nigeria Monkeypox...