Nurses Play a Major Role in Eliminating Hepatitis in Rwanda
Rwanda is on track to reach its own target of achieving elimination of hepatitis C by 2024, surpassing the WHO’s 2030 target deadline.
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Halting Cholera in an Overcrowded Refugee Camp in the DRC
Over 143,000 displaced people live in overcrowded, unsanitary conditions in Congo’s Rusayo camp, fueling a severe cholera outbreak. To combat the epidemic, the WHO has established treatment centers and introduced prevention measures including disinfection, oral rehydration points, and vaccines.
New Malaria Vaccine Arrives in Cameroon
More than 330,000 doses of WHO-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine went to Cameroon, with an additional 1.7 million doses set for delivery to Burkina Faso, Liberia, Niger and Sierra Leone in the coming weeks.
“Nurses Facing COVID” — WHO Short Film Festival GRAND PRIX Winner
In this short film from Brazil, we listen to nurses talk about the challenges they faced during the early days of the pandemic.
The Global Onchocerciasis Network for Elimination (GONE): working together to see onchocerciasis GONE
More than 150 onchocerciasis (river blindness) partners gathered on 1 and 2 November 2023 in Mbour, Senegal, for the first meeting of the new Global Onchocerciasis Elimination Network (GONE) to strengthen collaboration.