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Publications [email protected] Fri, 06/12/2024 – 10:26 WHO’s fourth Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2024–2027 presents the collaborative agenda between the Government of Botswana and the three levels of the organization, aligns with the Second Transitional National Development Plan 2023–2025, the strategic priorities of WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work (2019–2025), as well as Botswana’s United Nations …

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Publications [email protected] Thu, 05/12/2024 – 09:36 The WHO Botswana 3rd Quarter Newsletter highlights significant collaborative activities and partnerships aimed at promoting, providing, and protecting the health and well-being of all people in Botswana. During this quarter, WHO supported the Botswana Medicines Regulatory Authority (BOMRA) in evaluating its regulatory system using the WHO Global Benchmarking Tool, …

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Publications [email protected] Wed, 04/12/2024 – 14:20 This South Sudan WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS) 2022–2026, presents a framework through which WHO will work with all stakeholders towards achieving sustainable development goals in South Sudan, as outlined in the National Development Strategy 2018–2023 and the National Health Policy 2016–2026 (NHP). South Sudan has made modest progress, …

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Publications [email protected] Wed, 04/12/2024 – 14:12 Universal health coverage (UHC) ensures that everyone can access quality health services without financial hardship, as envisioned by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 13). Download the report

Publications [email protected] Tue, 03/12/2024 – 08:38 It is 130 days since the start of the 2024 mpox outbreak in Uganda. Cumulatively, Uganda has so far registered 784 confirmed cases and four (4) deaths across 52 districts.•No new cases Mpox Outbreak in Uganda Situation Update – 01 December 2024486.95 KB

Publications [email protected] Mon, 02/12/2024 – 08:27 The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) is to ensure that all people have access to the full range of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without financial hardship. This brief discusses trends in financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending in the WHO …

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Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO Regional Committee for Africa now open! Deadline 30 November 2024 30 November 2024 [email protected] Tue, 08/10/2024 – 11:12 At its Seventy-first session (2021), the Regional Committee for Africa adopted a procedure for accreditation of regional non-State actors not in official relations with WHO to participate in …

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Publications [email protected] Mon, 07/10/2024 – 14:31 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly becoming a major public health challenge and are the leading cause of premature death and disability worldwide. Available data in the scientific literature suggest that pre-existing comorbidities, including NCDs, may increase the risk of COVID-19 severity or COVID-19-related mortality.  The aim of this report …

Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors and in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients in the WHO African Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis Read More »

Publications [email protected] Mon, 07/10/2024 – 10:14 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 430 million people globally live with disabling hearing loss and that by 2050 over 700 million people will have this condition. Africa alone has about 40 million people with hearing loss, a prevalence of 3.6%. It is projected that 54 million …

Status report on ear and hearing care in the WHO African Region Read More »