THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised an alarm as 42 per cent of nurses in Africa reported intentions to emigrate, posing a significant threat to the region’s already strained healthcare workforce. Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Acting WHO Regional Director for Africa, issued the warning in his message on Saturday, marking International Nurses Day. Ihekweazu … Read more
DR Faustine Ndugulile, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa, has died at the age of 55 while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s Parliament Speaker Tulia Ackson announced on Wednesday. Plans to repatriate his body are underway, with funeral arrangements expected to be shared soon. However, Ackson did not disclose the nature … Read more
THE civil war in Sudan is on the brink of spiraling out of control, the United Nations warned, a year after the start of major fighting in the East African country. At least 16,000 people have died so far, with 33,000 injured and around nine million displaced, and a famine is now looming, according to … Read more
THE UN health agency, World Health organisation (WHO) says the H5NI avian influenza virus has so far shown no signs of adapting to allow human-to-human transmission. So far, one human case has been reported in the United States since the outbreak of bird flu among the millions of dairy cattle across the country. At least … Read more
IN a significant development in the fight against cholera, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has granted prequalification to Euvichol-S, a new oral cholera vaccine (OCV). Gavi, the vaccine alliance, and UNICEF have welcomed this news, emphasising its crucial role in addressing the ongoing surge in cholera outbreaks worldwide. The prequalification of Euvichol-S, manufactured by EuBiologics, … Read more
THE year 2023 took an unexpected turn for Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organisation (WHO) when she lost her left eye due to brain tumour. On that day in a bustling street in Johannesburg, the South African capital, Moeti said she suddenly became a maze of confusion as signposts … Read more
IN a groundbreaking development hailed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a global first, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has rolled out a revolutionary vaccine targeting meningitis, a deadly disease that has long plagued the continent. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus lauded the significance of the new Men5CV vaccine, which provides protection against five … Read more