WORLD HEALTH DAY
World Health Day is celebrated annually on 7th April and marks the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organization in 1948. Each year draws attention to a specific…
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AFRICA HEALTH
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BILLIONS OF PEOPLE STILL BREATHE UNHEALTHY AIR
Almost the entire global population (99 per cent) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality limits and threatens their health. A record number of over 6,000 cities in 117 countries…
POLIO IMMUNISATION CAMPAIGN BEGINS AFTER CASE CONFIRMED IN MALAWI
More than nine million children are to be vaccinated against polio in the first round of a mass campaign across four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, after an outbreak…
SOUTH AFRICA’S mRNA HUB PROGRESS IS FOUNDATION FOR SELF-RELIANCE
For most of 2021, limited global vaccine supply led to huge disparities in COVID-19 vaccine access, leaving billions of people – especially in low- and middle-income countries – unprotected against…
SOUTH AFRICA’S COVID-19 RESPONSE GETS BOOST
The World Bank has approved South Africa’s request for a $750 million development policy loan. This loan will support the Government of South Africa’s efforts to accelerate its COVID-19 response…
OMICRON-FUELLED COVID-19 SURGE IN AFRICA PLATEAUS
After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now…
PANDEMIC CONTINUES TO DISRUPT HEALTH SERVICES WORLDWIDE
More than half a billion people pushed or pushed further into extreme poverty due to healthcare costs New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows…