SOUTH SUDAN / MENINGITIS OUTBREAK
South Sudanhealth authorities declared on April 30 an Outbreak of Meningitis when the number of cases rose to 8. Since then the numbers have increased to 90 reported cases and 4 casualties. UNMISS
South Sudanhealth authorities declared on April 30 an Outbreak of Meningitis when the number of cases rose to 8. Since then the numbers have increased to 90 reported cases and 4 casualties. UNMISS
Addressing the 66th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva today (21 May), the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says that there are "serious concerns" about the new H7N9 avian influenza virus. WHO
The 66th World Health Assembly (WHA) opened today in Geneva, with nearly 3,000 delegates from 194 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) attending the annual meeting. WHO
Animal diseases cross borders with ease. In Moroto, at the Kenyan/Ugandan border Pastoralists can only rely on services offered at end points in either Ugandaor Kenya, Like in Moroto where local organizations maintain routine checkups. FAO
Somalia’s first wild poliovirus (WPV) case since 2007 has triggered a surveillance alert and mass vaccination plans, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Talking about the recent outbrake of Coronavirus, the World Health Organization's Spokesperson Gregory Hartl said today in Geneva that "Anytime a new virus starts infecting humans, we have to take it seriously and especially a virus which has killed 60 percent of the people it infects." WHO
Pneumonia is one of the top three killer diseases of children under the age of 5 globally. In Uganda, pneumonia kills up to 24,000 children every year before their fifth birthday. But now thousands of children's lives will be saved by the recent introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. UNICEF
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that three more people in Saudi Arabia have been diagnosed with the new novel Coronavirus (nCoV), including two people who have died of the SARS-like virus in recent days. CH UNTV
In Pakistan, vaccinators are pushing harder than ever to protect every child from preventable childhood diseases. UNICEF
UNICEF, along with its partners GAVI Alliance and the World Health Organization, launched a vaccination campaign in Somalia with the goal of saving children’s lives in a country that has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. UNICEF