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English News and Press Release on World about Health and Epidemic; published on 18 Feb 2021 by WHO

WHO Guides the Bagisu Community on Carrying out a Cultural Norm while observing COVID-19 Guidelines Format 17 February 2021 The period between August to December of every year is cherished among the Bagisu, a tribe in the Mbale sub-region, eastern Uganda. This is the time when the highly revered traditional circumcision ceremony of boys known as “Imbalu” is held. To the Bagisu, “Imbalu” marks the initiation of boys into manhood. Every year, hundreds of boys aged 16 and above qualify for...

English News and Press Release on Guinea and 3 other countries about Health and Epidemic; published on 14 Feb 2021 by WHO

Ethiopia immunizes over 2 million girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) Format 05 February 2021 Ethiopia has just completed a Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign targeting 2.4 million 14 year-old girls across the country in two cohorts. One cohort took HPV1 – the first dose of the vaccine, while the second cohort was vaccinated the second dose of the vaccine (HPV2), which they missed due to school closures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The vaccination was conducted in s...

Rooting out female genital mutilation in Tanzania Format Dar es Salaam – Efforts to end female genital mutilation are gradually bearing fruit in Tanzania. The prevalence of the ritual that marks a rite of passage among some communities has now fallen to around 10% from 18% in 1996. An increasing number of girls are attending alternative rites of passage and more cases are being reported and handled by the police thanks to campaigns by activists and non-governmental organizations. Tanzania cri...

Ethiopia conducts an oral cholera vaccination campaign to protect populations in cholera affected districts Format 29 January 2021 Addis Ababa – An oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign, launched to protect at risk populations in active cholera woredas (districts) in Gambella, Oromia, SNNP, Sidama and Somalia regions, has just been completed. The campaign, which aimed to vaccinate 1.67 million people aged one year and above, was conducted in 20 woredas, achieving 97.3% coverage. “With the...

Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health launched a campaign to protect over 93 000 individuals against cholera in the Greater Pibor Administrative Area of South Sudan Format © WHO South Sudan Juba, 20 January 2021: Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the first round of oral cholera vaccination campaign is being implemented across the Greater Pibor Administrative Area of South Sudan to protect flood-displaced populations in high-risk areas. The five-day campaign from 16 to 21 Januar...

WHO urges greater surveillance as new COVID-19 variants emerge Format Brazzaville, 30 December 2020 – With the recent emergence in the African region of new COVID-19 variants which seem to have higher transmissibility, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on countries to boost genomic surveillance and analysis through the African genome sequencing laboratory network to detect any new mutations and strengthen the efforts to curb the pandemic. South Africa recently detected a new SARS-CoV-...

Stronger action needed as African countries see steady COVID-19 rise Format Brazzaville – COVID-19 cases in the African region have risen steadily over the past two months, underscoring the need for reinforced public health measures to avert a surge in infections, particularly as people gather or travel for end-of-year celebrations. Since mid-October, an average of 46 000 cases per week have been recorded in the 47 countries in the World Health Organization (WHO) African region compared with ...

How local communities made polio vaccination possible despite the fear of COVID-19 Format 11 December 2020 Arok Juong Lueth, a 32-year-old mother of three, a resident of Malueth in Rumbek Centre, Lakes State at the crack of dawn woke up filled with a renewed sense of hope, quickly left her children and house unattended to join a group of women who had offered to help carry Polio vaccines on their heads over a distance of about 30 kilometers to their village to ensure that their children receive...