Sierra Leone launches a comprehensive five-year National Action Plan for Health Security in compliance with International Health Regulations. Freetown, 12 September 2019 – Sierra Leone is now the...
Homa Bay, Kenya, 13 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates the Government of Kenya for launching the world’s first malaria vaccine today in Homa Bay County, western Kenya...
Contents 413 Algeria and Argentina certified as malaria-free by WHO 415 Progress in eliminating onchocerciasis in the WHO Region of the Americas: doxycycline treatment as an end-game strategy 420...
Brazzaville, 12 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is aware of a rumour related to the death of a person due to an unknown illness in Tanzania. We have reached out to Ministry of...
The focus of the World Health Organization (WHO’s) support during the year under review was on priority areas for both Government and WHO including: improved access to quality essential health...
The following syndrome has been flagged: Other updates: Dengue In a press release on 12 September 2019, the Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services confirmed the first case of dengue...
Ebola virus disease (EVD) transmission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continued to ease this past week, with 40 new confirmed cases reported in North Kivu and Ituri provinces; this is the...
The World Bank, UNICEF and WHO through the Emergency Health and Nutrition Project (EHNP), have made health care accessible for millions. Highlights The health system was on the verge of total...
12 September 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) extends its gratitude to the People of Japan for the generous donation of US$ 5.2 million allocated to equipping the paediatric hospital in...
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has launched series of vaccination campaigns against polio outbreak to prevent the spread of the virus in high risk areas among children under five. The first phase...