WHO calls for reinvigorated action to fight malaria

Global malaria gains threatened by access gaps, COVID-19 and funding shortfalls

The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on countries and global health partners to step up the fight against malaria, a preventable and treatable disease that continues to claim hundreds of thousands of lives each year. A better targeting of interventions, new tools and increased funding are needed to change…

World leaders, celebrities to join WHO’s Big Event for Mental Health on 10 October

Close to 1 billion people are living with a mental disorder, 3 million people die every year from the harmful use of alcohol and one person dies every 40 seconds by suicide

On 10 October, World Mental Health Day, world leaders and internationally-recognized celebrities and mental health advocates will come together for the World Health Organization’s Big Event for Mental Health. WHO’s first-ever online advocacy event for mental health will focus on the urgent need to address the world’s chronic under-investment in mental health  ̶  a problem…

Coronavirus - Africa: WHO and UNICEF warn of a decline in vaccinations during COVID-19

This is due to disruptions in the delivery and uptake of immunization services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

WHO and UNICEF call for immediate efforts to vaccinate all children as new data shows that, before the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine coverage stalled at 85 per cent for nearly a decade, with 14 million unvaccinated infants yearly The World Health Organization and UNICEF warned today of an alarming decline in…

Coronavirus - Africa: Commemorating Smallpox Eradication – a legacy of hope, for COVID-19 and other diseases

The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3 000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone

On 8 May 1980, the 33rd World Health Assembly officially declared: ‘The world and all its peoples have won freedom from smallpox.’ The declaration marked the end of a disease that had plagued humanity for at least 3 000 years, killing 300 million people in the 20th century alone.  It was…

Coronavirus - Nigeria: Adamawa State Ministry of Health COVID-19 Situation Report 16

Highlights • No new confirmed case was reported. Total confirmed cases stands at 13 • Fourteen (14) alerts were reported, out of which 12 were investigated • 5 Samples were taken from 5 new suspected cases after investigation

Coronavirus - Nigeria: Adamawa State Ministry of Health COVID-19 Situation Report 13

2 new cases were confirmed

Highlights • 2 new cases were confirmed among almajiris brought in from other States • 16 alerts were received, and all were investigated • 4 previously confirmed cases were taken into isolation today • 1 confirmed case who was on the run from Gombe State quarantine centre before laboratory confirmation…

Coronavirus - Nigeria: Borno State - COVID-19 Situation Report No. 16, May 5, 2020

Total number of Confirmed Cases as at 5 th May 2020 stands at 100

Epidemiological summary 18 additional confirmed case reported today Total number of Confirmed Cases as at 5 th May 2020 stands at 100 No death reported today Total associated deaths - 14. Distribution of confirmed cases by LGA - 40 from Jere, 50 from MMC, 3 from Gwoza, 2 from Damboa,…

Coronavirus - Nigeria: Adamawa State Ministry of Health COVID-19 Situation Report 10

As at 2nd May 2020, 87 suspected cases have been reported, 4 confirmed positive, 20 negatives and 67 pending

Highlights • No new case was reported today • Eighteen (18) alerts were received and 12 were investigated • 8 almajiri returnees from Gombe State were taken to Fufore LGA and are being quarantined Download Report: https://bit.ly/3fe6bfM Epidemiological summary As at 2nd May 2020, 87 suspected cases have been reported.…

Coronavirus - Nigeria: Yobe State Ministry of Health COVID-19 Situation Report 03

Highlights Three (3) new confirmed cases are reported today; One (1) case is a contact of the index case and the other two (2) are not epidemiologically linked with the index case Four (4) confirmed cases on admission in State Specialist Hospital (SSH) Damaturu isolation center. All four (4) patients…

Coronavirus - Africa: Situation update for the WHO African Region, External Situation Report 9 (29 April 2020)

As of 28 April 2020, a cumulative total of 22 376 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 899 deaths (case fatality ratio 4.0%) have been reported across the 45 affected countries in the region

A steady increase in the number of cases has been observed in the WHO African Region since the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was reported on 25 February 2020 in Algeria. All Member States have since been affected, with the exemption of Comoros and Lesotho where there have…