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Jul 31, 2024 | 
namibian.com.na | Matshidiso R Moeti
Namibia has become the first country in Africa to be awarded silver tier status for its progress in reducing mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B. The World Health Organisation (WHO) awarded the country the accolade in May. This demonstrates that progress is possible when there is government ownership and concerted action. It is an example to emulate.
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Jun 18, 2024 | 
allafrica.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of lifesaving health care. Vulnerable people, such as mothers during childbirth, under-nourished and malaria-affected children, victims of trauma and accidents, and patients suffering from sickle cell and other chronic diseases, particularly benefit from this care1.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
liberianobserver.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
Blood transfusion plays a critical role in the provision of lifesaving health care. Vulnerable people, such as mothers during childbirth, under-nourished and malaria-affected children, victims of trauma and accidents, and patients suffering from sickle cell and other chronic diseases, particularly benefit from this care1.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
telegraph.co.uk | Matshidiso R Moeti |Jarbas Barbosa
Just one dose of the HPV vaccine offers sufficient protection against cervical cancer Credit: Nadia Marini/MSF The world has a remarkable opportunity to eliminate a cancer for the first time in history.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
fr.allafrica.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
« Renseignez-vous » ; « Faites-vous dépister » ; et « Faites-vous vacciner ». Message de la Directrice régionale à l'occasion du mois de sensibilisation au cancer du col de l'utérusLe mois de janvier est consacré à la sensibilisation au cancer du col de l'utérus.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
liberianobserver.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
The safety of patients is a top priority for us in the WHO African Region and is inherent in all our efforts to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). World Patient Safety Day allows us to highlight this important aspect of our work, and it is celebrated every year on 17 September to raise awareness of the importance of people-centered care and preventing patient harm.
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May 31, 2023 | 
allafrica.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
Theme: Grow Food, Not TobaccoThe tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever faced, killing more than eight million people around the world every year. While the number of people using tobacco products is decreasing in other parts of the world, it is rising in the Africa Region. For example, the number of tobacco users in the WHO African Region increased from an estimated 64 million adult users in 2000 to 73 million in 2018.
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May 31, 2023 | 
liberianobserver.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
Theme: Grow Food, Not Tobacco The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health challenges the world has ever faced, killing more than eight million people around the world every year. While the number of people using tobacco products is decreasing in other parts of the world, it is rising in the Africa Region. For example, the number of tobacco users in the WHO African Region increased from an estimated 64 million adult users in 2000 to 73 million in 2018.
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Feb 17, 2023 | 
dispatchist.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
The World Health Organization says that more than 33 million children in several southern African countries have been vaccinated against polio, part of ongoing efforts to eradicate the infectious paralytic disease that has been largely contained in muc...
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Feb 14, 2023 | 
dispatchist.com | Matshidiso R Moeti
Nine people have died in the western Kie Ntem Province of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea after the first-ever "outbreak" of the Marburg virus over the past week.READ | Ghana reports first cases of deadly Marburg virus Additionally, WHO was enabling the delivery of laboratory glove tents for sample testing and one viral haemorrhagic fever kit with personal protective equipment for 500 health workers.The News24 Africa Desk is supported by the Hanns Seidel Foundation.The stories produced through the...
