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14 Feb 2025
Angola vaccinates over one million people as it bolsters cholera outbreak controls
More than one million people have been vaccinated against cholera in three of the hardest-hit provinces in Angola. The five-day campaign aimed to complement the ongoing public health measures to halt ...
7 Feb 2025
What next for Kenya’s healthcare financing after Trump’s USAID cuts?
President Donald Trump’s decision to gut the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has sent shockwaves globally, particularly in the Global South, where the agency funds numerou...
31 Jan 2025
WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV
The World Health Organisation (WHO) expresses deep concern about the implications of the immediate funding pause for HIV programmes in low- and middle-income countries. These programmes provide access...
24 Jan 2025
President Trump revives plan to withdraw US from WHO
President Donald Trump reignited efforts to withdraw the US from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on his first day back in the White House. This decision marks the second attempt in five years to s...
17 Jan 2025
What is HMPV and how does it spread?
A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another COVID-style pandemic. Images of hospitals overrun with masked patients have circulated widely on soci...
13 Dec 2024
UHC Day: High Healthcare Costs in Africa Continue To Push Over 150 Million Into Poverty, New WHO Report
On Universal Health Coverage Day, a new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa found that most African countries continue to rely heavily on out-of-pocket payments (o...
6 Dec 2024
WHO announces first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB diagnosis and antibiot...
29 Nov 2024
Explained: The Social Health Authority
On October 1, 2024, the Ministry of Health officially launched the Social Health Authority (SHA) to replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). The new entity aims to achieve universal health c...
22 Nov 2024
WHO’s enhanced control measures to curb the spread of mpox in Africa
As of November 17, 2024, about 13,000 laboratories within the African continent had confirmed cases of mpox. The countries with the most confirmed cases in Africa have been Burundi, the Democratic Rep...
15 Nov 2024
Ethiopia to Host 2024 Global EOC Simulation Exercise, Strengthening Public Health Emergency Preparedness
The Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) and WHO Ethiopia will host the 2024 Global Emergency Operations Centre Simulation Exercise (GEOCX), organised by WHO’s Emergency Operations Centre Networ...
8 Nov 2024
G20 health ministers rally support for WHO’s investment round
Health ministers expressed their support for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Investment Round that will be chaired by Brazil in Rio de Janeiro during the G20 Leaders’ Summit set for Novemb...
31 Oct 2024
WHO and Partners Activate Global Health Emergency Corps For The First Time In Response to Mpox Outbreak
In October 2024, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to ...
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