Tag: WHO Regional Director for Africa

Mr Janabi describes the outbreak as one of Africa’s most serious public health emergencies this year and called for sustained ...

The WHO has raised concern over persistent immunisation gaps in Africa, noting that while vaccines prevent about 1.8 million deaths ...

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Mohamed Janabi, noted that oral diseases are among the most common and preventable health ...

The organisation said the continent must urgently protect hard-won gains against HIV amid a rapidly changing global funding landscape that ...

According to him, the 32 countries that have already rolled out the HPV vaccine are now reaching nearly half of ...

Mr Janabi said the day aims to raise public awareness about the importance of eye health and promote action to ...

Mr Janabi also highlighted the need for evidence-based policymaking and accountability in implementation, stressing that sustainable domestic financing does not ...

The report revealed that nearly 80 per cent of nurses serve only 49 per cent of the world’s population.

Apart from the confirmed case, WHO said no other health worker or patients had shown symptoms of the disease.

WHO recently issued an alert on a suspected outbreak of Marburg disease in the Kagera region, with eight reported deaths ...

Africa is the leading region globally in advancements towards the achievements of the 95-95-95 UNAIDS targets

WHO said in 2022, only 4 per cent of babies born to mothers living with HIV acquired the virus.

Although Nigeria accounted for about 27 per cent of the global burden of malaria cases, the country has made significant ...

The COVID-19 pandemic, health emergencies, and worsening climate situations negatively impact the continent’s efforts to accelerate progress toward achieving Universal ...

The global health body said as many as 20 million children have been spared disability and are walking today.

WHO said this is the first time in more than a decade that Uganda is recording an outbreak of Sudan ...

According to WHO Director General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, medication errors account for half of all avoidable harm in medical care.

According to Ms Moeti, Nigeria recorded six of the 12 deaths, while Ghana reported four and two were recorded in ...

The official said that the UN High-Level world leaders had agreed to mobilise 13 billion dollars per year to finance ...

The WHO official further disclosed that since March 2020, there have been more than 150,400 COVID-19 infections in health workers ...

Nine African countries, including South Africa, Morocco, and Tunisia, have already reached the global target set in May by the ...

Hepatitis is a silent epidemic with more than 90 million people living with the disease in Africa.

While Nigeria has seen a sharp decline in infections, other African countries are currently at risk of a third wave ...