WHO

World Health Organisation says 28 health workers have been killed in Lebanon

The World Health Organisation says 28 health workers have been killed in Lebanon in the past 24 hours. More than one-thousand people in Lebanon have been killed and about one-million residents displaced since Israel escalated its war with the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. WHO’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says plans to deliver a large shipment of trauma and medical supplies to Lebanon today won’t be possible, due to flight […]

4 October, 2024

Africa

WHO approves first Mpox vaccine for Africa

The World Health Organization has approved the use of an Mpox vaccine for the first time, which it says should facilitate “timely and increased access” for millions at risk in Africa where the latest outbreak has infected more than 20,000 so far this year. Matt Wells from UN news reports.

16 September, 2024

Africa

Rating agencies and Africa: the absence of people on the ground contributes to bias against the continent – analyst

By Misheck Mutize, University of Cape Town Rating agency Fitch recently warned that the rapid spread of the mpox virus in sub-Saharan Africa could add to the fiscal pressures many countries in the region are already experiencing. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in the Democratic […]

9 September, 2024

Oshiwambo

Oshikonga shotuntila yo Polio otashi ende nawa mo Gaza-WHO

Ehangano lyuundjolowele muuyuni mo Gaza nena olyati olili komeho yoshishonekwa shawo shootuntila dho Polio mo Gaza mesiku etitatu lyoshikonga oshinene shopolio. Onzonkundana yo reuters oya lopota kutya omupopiliko gwehangano lyo WHO miikandjo ya Palestine ya kwatwako Rik Peeperkorn okwati oya tuntila anaona ya konda 161 000 yokohi yoomvula 10 momudhingoloko ,momasiku gaali gotango,okuyeleka netengeneko lyaanona 150 00. Tati natango oyena omasiku 10 ga thigalako.

3 September, 2024

Africa

Mpox in the DRC: children are at high risk – health expert explains why

By Nadia Adjoa Sam-Agudu, University of Minnesota The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that children, pregnant women and people with weak immune systems are at higher risk from the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Reports confirm that children under five account for 39% of all cases in the country, and babies as young as two weeks are being diagnosed with this viral illness. Nadia […]

2 September, 2024

Oshiwambo

Omanyamukulo ovafeekelwa veli 3 ovo tava feekelelwa oudu wo MPOX moshilongo natango inaeya.

Omunambelewa omukulunhu mouministy wouhaku nonghalo nawa Ben Nangombe, okwati natango onghee vateelela oidjemo yomanyamukulo ovafeekelwa veli 3 ovo tava feekelelwa oudu wo MPOX moshilongo. Pefimbo tapopi nondjo nghundana yetu onghela, oo eli omupopiliko wouministy Walters Kamaya nokwa popya ponele ya Nangobe okwati, omakonaakono oo ali aningilwa ovanhu veli 18 oidjemo 15 oyeya nota yuulike kutya kaina oudu wombuto oyo. Kamaya teshi yelifa kutya oohandimwe ovo vaningilwa omakonaakono ovali velitwala voo […]

28 August, 2024

Health / Medical

CEO of the Cancer Association of Namibia advocates for cancer care at WHO Africa regional committee

The Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia and Palliative Care Namibia, Rolf Hansen, is representing the Union for International Cancer Control at the 74th World Health Organisation Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Hansen is working to increase access to the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, improve cancer data management, and support Universal Health Care. According to the UN health body, the […]

27 August, 2024

Oshiwambo

Germany taka kwafela okuyandja oshali shomiti dotunila yo Mpox, koilyolongo ya Africa.

Epangelo la Germany ola yandja elombwelo talika kwafela mokuyandja oshali shomuti wotunila yomukifi wo Mpox wakonda pomata 100,000. Olopota yapitifwa onghela omandaxa oyati oshali shoku yandja omaano omuti otashi lalakanene okuya moshipala etukuko lomukifi wo Mpox moilyolongo ya Africa. Epangelo la, Germany ola ulika yoo talika yambidida pashimaliwa ehangano louhaku mounyuni (WHO) osho tashi kaningwa momikalo dayoolooka moku kandeka etandavelo loudu wo Mpox, noku kwafela omahangano oo eli moukumwe noilyolongo […]

27 August, 2024

Oshiwambo

Namibia oteshi enditha nawa oku kondjitha o HIV-AIDS no Hepatitis E

Namibia ota tsikile okukondjitha oku hulithapo etaandelo lyomukithi go HIV/AIDS. Omundohotola Kalumbi Shangula ngoka eli ominista yuundjolowele okwati , uuministeli owa pewa epapa nuumvo okuza kehangano lyuundjolowele muuyuni lyo WHO moku kondjitha etaandelo lyombuto yoHIV okuza kumeme okuya mokanona, oshowo ombuto yo Hepatitis B. Shangula okwa kunkilile oshigwana opo shi landule omilandu dhoka dha tulwapo mokukondjitha ombuto yoHIV.

20 August, 2024