Dramatic drop in global measles cases
In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from…
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Kenya: Maternal Deaths Increase as Nurses’ Strike Persists
The number of mothers who have died in childbirth doubled to 857 in the first…
Marburg re-emerges in Uganda
Excerpts from a press release issued by Uganda’s Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health…
Cholera deaths to be reduced by 90% by 2030?
An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 has been…
Breakthrough with single-dose HIV treatment
A breakthrough pricing agreement for HIV drugs means the first affordable, single-pill antiretroviral treatment is…
Uganda steps up veterinary and public health collaboration
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)…
Climate change threatens new menace from mosquitoes
From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are…
Hospitals in crisis in Uganda as Middle Eastern countries poach medical staff
Recruitment of almost 2,000 health workers to Libya has led to urgent calls for government…
SDGs: Akufo-Addo receives 6,000 smartphones to support Ghana’s CHWs
A philanthropist, Jenn Gross through the Advisor to the UN General-Secretary, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, 1mCHW…
WHO supports capacity building for enforcement of and compliance with tobacco control regulations in Zanzibar
The government of Zanzibar recently endorsed tobacco control regulations in line with the Public and…