WHO African Region·Jul 24, 2020Combattre la peur et la stigmatisation liées à la COVID-19Ouagadougou — Hésitation à se faire dépister, éviter les personnes chargées de la recherche des contacts ou se méfier de ce que diront les…
WHO African Region·Jul 16, 2020WHO urges greater COVID-19 health services in Africa’s humanitarian settingsBrazzaville — The World Health Organization (WHO) today called for greater access to COVID-19 detection, testing and care among vulnerable…
WHO African Region·Jul 9, 2020Africa records over 500 000 COVID-19 casesAfrica records over 500 000 COVID-19 cases
WHO African Region·Jul 8, 2020Kenyan communities taking the lead in curbing COVID-19 spreadNairobi — By the time the public health officials reached a Maasai community not far from Nairobi, Julius Oloiboni had already mobilized…
WHO African Region·Jun 23, 2020How local testing sped up response to new Ebola outbreakMbandaka — When a young man in his town died of a haemorrhagic fever, Fabien Impanda Boliko had to act fast. The 56-year-old laboratory…
WHO African Region·Jun 16, 2020On the frontlines of Congo’s COVID-19 battleBrazzaville — When Dr Regis Ondze arrives at work each morning at the Albert Leyono Municipal Clinic, a low-slung beige building with…
WHO African Region·Apr 7, 2020Delivery in an Ebola treatment centreIn Beni General Hospital in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the neonatal ward is full beyond capacity. A row of young…
WHO African Region·Mar 27, 2020Le laboratoire, au cœur de la réponse au COVID-19Dans les efforts de réponse à l’épidémie du coronavirus, la détection adéquate des cas à travers les laboratoires est centrale pour une…
WHO African Region·Mar 27, 2020Algeria’s main lab anchors COVID-19 responseWhen a sample sent to the referral laboratory in the capital Algiers gave a positive result, the Ministry of Health announced Algeria’s…
WHO African Region·Feb 4, 2020Surviving cervical cancer then taking on a new battleFive years ago, news that she had cervical cancer shattered Millicent Agonga’s world. It upended her marriage, she was spurned by family…
