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UN Women - Africa
Source: UN Women - Africa |

‘We are not afraid’– Young women in South Africa show resilience as they fight HIV/AIDS and gender based violence

Started in 2019 as an informal group of just eight young women and girls aged 15 to 28 who wanted to give each other moral support, the Young Women for Life Movement has now impacted 8,000 girls

Listening to the soulful singing of young women and girls in Nomzamo township in Strand, Cape Town, South Africa, and watching their jubilant dancing, it would be difficult to guess the complex and life-threatening challenges they have faced in their young lives. These girls and women, members of the Young…

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Source: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |

Africa - Unfinished business: only urgent and accelerated delivery of HIV services will keep the promise of ending AIDS in children by 2030

Despite significant gains in many countries, critical gaps continue to undermine efforts to end AIDS in children

Despite progress made in reducing HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths among children, a new report released today by the Global Alliance for Ending AIDS in Children by 2030 shows that an urgent scale up of HIV services in countries worst affected by the pandemic is required to end AIDS by…

World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
Source: World Health Organization - Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |

Full COVID-19 vaccination in sight for 70% of Somalia’s population

One such initiative is the Somalia COVID-19 Emergency Vaccination Project, which has been central to the COVID-19 vaccination efforts to date and is set to continue until September 2025

Since COVID-19 was first detected in Somalia in March 2020, the country has made remarkable progress in limiting its spread and rolling out COVID-19 vaccination. Thanks to support from partners including WHO Somalia, almost 50% of Somalia’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, as at 30 March 2024. But more…

Republic of Liberia: Executive Mansion
Source: Republic of Liberia: Executive Mansion |

President Boakai Launches the Global Fund Grant to Combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria

The launch signifies an unwavering commitment to combat the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, which have posed significant challenges to the nation's health care delivery system

In a significant and pivotal event, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., today officially launched the Global Fund Grant Cycle 7 (GC7) at the Monrovia City Hall. The launch signifies an unwavering commitment to combat the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, which have posed significant challenges to the nation's health…

UN News
Source: UN News |

Democratic Republic Congo: Conflict escalation linked to deadly Mpox threat

At least 25 million people have been caught up in the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) where a neglected health emergency continues to unfold at an alarming rate, the UN health agency said on Friday

For decades, conflict in the mineral-rich eastern DRC has triggered alarming levels of violence, mass displacement, widespread disease, gender-based violence and severe mental trauma, explained Dr Adelheid Marschang, Senior Emergency Officer at the World Health Organization (WHO). Today, the vast central African nation now has the “highest number of people in…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola |

World Health Organization (WHO) carries out mission to eradicate dracunculiasis in Angola

The Ministry of Health has implemented all the interventions recommended by the WHO, including community-based surveillance, vector control and the proactive trapping of domestic animals

Angola is one of five countries where dracunculiasis has not yet been eradicated. Between 2018 and 2020, human cases were identified in Cunene province, making the country endemic for this disease. Dracunculiasis is a parasitic disease caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a long white worm that can measure between 60 and…

World Health Organization - Uganda
Source: World Health Organization - Uganda |

Uganda: Fighting Anthrax through mindset change on health seeking behaviour

To boost the targeted engagements and promote health seeking from health facilities further, WHO mobilized and worked with survivors

In October and November 2023, Kyotera district, in southern Uganda, reported a ‘strange’ illness in different communities. Those who contracted the “illness” presented with blisters, fever, rashes, headache, muscle pain and swelling of limbs. In total,  75 people contracted the disease (17 confirmed, 07 probable, 51 suspected) and 13 lost…

World Health Organization (WHO) - Lesotho
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Lesotho |

12,447 Children Reached With Measles-Rubella Vaccine during Africa Vaccination Week

The objectives of this vaccination campaign were; to develop district and health facility micro-plans, and mobilize all communities to vaccinate all unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children

To catch up with the unvaccinated (zero-dose), and under-vaccinated children, the Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organisation, (WHO) implemented a catch-up vaccination campaign from 29 April to 4th May in all 10 districts. The catch-up vaccination campaign recorded a high turnout in many communities with 12,447…

World Health Organization - Uganda
Source: World Health Organization - Uganda |

Uganda: Fighting Ebola in the line of duty

To tackle issues faced by people recovering from Ebola, Uganda set up the Ebola Survivors Programme in 2023

Mr. and Mrs. Kintu* are among the few medical personnel that contracted Ebola virus disease while in the line of duty in 2022. Fortunately, the timely and aggressive medical care that they received while admitted in the Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) coupled with mutual support saved their lives. At the…

World Health Organization - Uganda

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Source: World Health Organization - Uganda |

Uganda: A survivor's life after Ebola

The survivor programme was implemented by the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) in Uganda and other partners, with funding from the European Union Humanitarian Aid Department (ECHO)

Shafiq, a motorbike rider for over ten years, almost lost his life to the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) just over a year ago. He used to go deep into villages to pick up and drop off passengers. Since recovering from Ebola virus disease, his life has changed as he can…