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#Burundi #HumanitarianCrisis #Refugees
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WHO supports Burundi to deliver lifesaving emergency health assistance | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Busuma, Burundi -- Burundi is facing growing humanitarian emergency as thousands of people fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to cross the border, placing increasing strain on health services and infrastructure in refugee-hosting communities.
#HIVPrevention #KenyaHealth #Lenacapavir
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Kenya becomes first in East Africa to launch six-month HIV prevention injection | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
When a friend's father urgently needed a blood donation, Samson Mutua had to say no. He had been engaging in "risky behaviour" and had never tested for HIV.
#Cholera #PublicHealth #ClimateChange
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Southern Africa faces acute surge in cholera due to floods, displacement | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Brazzaville -- Cholera cases in Southern Africa region have risen by over seven times in the first six weeks of 2026 compared with the same period the year before due to severe flooding triggered by cyclones, infrastructure damage and inadequate water and sanitation among displaced populations, an analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) shows.
#HearingCare #ChildHealth #PublicHealth
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World Hearing Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi
Today, on World Hearing Day 2026, we join the global community in recognizing the importance of ear and hearing care, and in reaffirming our commitment to ensuring that every child in Africa can learn, communicate and thrive without preventable barriers.
#HearingCare #ChildHealth #PublicHealth
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World Hearing Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi
Today, on World Hearing Day 2026, we join the global community in recognizing the importance of ear and hearing care, and in reaffirming our commitment to ensuring that every child in Africa can learn, communicate and thrive without preventable barriers.
#Vaccines #AfricaHealth #LocalManufacturing
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Kenya builds capacity to produce its own vaccines | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Nairobi -- According to the World Health Organization, Africa produces less than 1% of the vaccines it consumes, yet it carries a disproportionate share of the world's infectious disease burden.
#AntimicrobialResistance #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
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Ghana Leads Africa in Advancing a People-Centred Approach to Address Antimicrobial Resistance | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
When a child's bloodstream infection no longer responds to prescribed antibiotics, or a mother's minor wound turns life-threatening despite treatment, it is not because the medicines are no longer working but the germs causing the infection have changed and the antibiotics are no longer effective.
#PolioVaccination #GlobalHealth #ChildImmunization
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Malawi vaccinates 1.3 million children in response to polio outbreak | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Blantyre -- Around 1. 3 million children in Malawi have been vaccinated against polio in a four-day campaign following the detection of a new polio case in late January 2026, the first such case since the detection of wild poliovirus -- which was genetically linked to an outbreak in Pakistan -- in 2022.
#PublicHealth #Epidemics #Preparedness
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Uganda Strengthens District-Level Readiness as WHO Boosts Support for Public Health Emergencies | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
As Uganda continues to grapple with recurrent public health emergencies driven by epidemic-prone diseases and climate-related disasters, a new wave of strengthened district-level preparedness is emerging, thanks to sustained technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO).
#CholeraOutbreak #PublicHealth #SouthSudan
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Sustained response curbing cholera outbreak in South Sudan | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Juba -- South Sudan's sustained cholera outbreak response has reduced new cases and prevented around 94 000 deaths since the confirmation of the outbreak more than two years ago in September 2024.
#CervicalCancer #HealthEquity #MobileClinics
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From villages to markets: Burkina Faso leads the way in cervical cancer elimination | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Ouagadougou ‒ "When I heard the town crier announce that health workers were coming for free screening, I felt afraid: if they told me I had the disease, how would I get treated.
#CervicalCancer #HealthEquity #MobileClinics
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From villages to markets: Burkina Faso leads the way in cervical cancer elimination | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Ouagadougou ‒ "When I heard the town crier announce that health workers were coming for free screening, I felt afraid: if they told me I had the disease, how would I get treated.
#WorldCancerDay #CancerAwareness #PublicHealth
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World Cancer Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi
Cancer is no longer a silent crisis in Africa. It is a growing public health emergency that demands urgent, equitable and sustained action.
#NeglectedTropicalDiseases #GlobalHealth #EndNTDs
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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Pretoria - World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day provides an important opportunity to reaffirm our collective commitment to ending diseases that continue to affect the most vulnerable and marginalized communities.
#Vaccination #PublicHealth #MeaslesRubella
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Nigeria accelerates measles-rubella elimination with second phase campaign in the South | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Nigeria is conducting the second phase of its vaccination campaign to immunise 43 million children aged 9 months to 15 years against measles and rubella across 16 states.
#WorldNTDDay #NeglectedTropicalDiseases #HealthEquity
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World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2026 | WHO | Regional Office for Africa
Message from WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohamed Janabi
Today, as we mark World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day under the theme Unite, Act, Eliminate, we are reminded that neglected tropical diseases are not inevitable.
#PolioEradication #Vaccination #GlobalHealth
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Over 26 million Children Reached with the Recent Integrated polio vaccination campaign
The fourth-round national polio vaccination campaign with type two novel Oral Polio Vaccine (nOPV2) marked a milestone reaching over 26 million children in all regions, while in 22 zones in seven regions in Amhara, Oromia, Somali, South Ethiopia, Harari, Dire Dawa and Afar regions co-administered with bivalent oral polio vaccine (bOPV).
#PolioEradication #VaccinationCampaign #ChildHealth
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Over 24 million Children Reached with the Recent Integrated nOPV2 Campaign
The fourth-round national polio vaccination campaign marked a milestone reaching over 24 million children with nOPV2 vaccine in all regions, while the 22 zones in Amhara, Oromia, Somali, South Ethiopia, Harari, Dire Dawa and Afar regions co-administered nOPV2 and bOPV.
#MarburgVirus #PublicHealth #Ethiopia
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Ethiopia declares end of first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak WHO-supported response enables rapid containment and strengthens national preparedness
Addis Ababa, 26 January 2026 - The Government of Ethiopia has officially declared the end of its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) following the completion of enhanced surveillance and the mandatory follow-up period, with no new confirmed cases reported for consecutive 42 days.
#Floods #HealthDisaster #HumanitarianCrisis
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Around 1.3 million people affected by severe flooding in Southern Africa
Brazzaville -- Intense rainfall and severe flooding since mid-December 2025 have affected around 1. 3 million people in southern Africa, destroyed houses and critical infrastructure and disrupted access to health services, heightening risks of water- and mosquito-borne diseases.
#FoodInsecurity #Drought #PublicHealth
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Drought leaves over two million vulnerable to health and nutrition crises in Kenya
Nairobi -- Over two million people across Kenya are facing worsening food insecurity following one of the driest October to December 2025 rainy seasons on record.
