WHO to launch e-version of autism training program
Thousands of families stand to benefit from an online version of a World Health Organization training programme for caregivers of children with developmental delays or...
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Mandatory wearing of face masks in public lifted
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has lifted the mandatory wearing of face masks in open public places. Speaking Friday during a press briefing on the...
Last chance to find Covid-19 origins, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19. It has nominated 26 experts...
WHO recommends groundbreaking malaria vaccine for children at risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions...
Stakeholders call for adoption of emerging technologies to fight Malaria
Health stakeholders are calling for adoption of innovative and emerging technologies such as gene drive to change the focus of the war on malaria from...
Africa’s women, children, adolescents are being left behind, pandemic making it worse
We must do so much more to support Africa’s most vulnerable women, children and adolescents, write Helen Clark, Board Chair of PMNCH and former Prime...
Former UK PM Gordon Brown appointed WHO Ambassador for Global Health Financing
The World Health Organization Monday announced the appointment of The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, as WHO Ambassador for...
Japan, Australia licensed to manufacture AstraZeneca vaccine
World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has Monday announced that Japan and Australia have received WHO Emergency Use Listing, bringing AstraZeneca’s EUL’s to five....
Panel calls for more funding in the fight against COVID-19
A panel of leading experts has called for more funding to increase the manufacturing capacity of COVID-19 vaccines in the World. The panel urged the...
Kenya joins world in marking World Malaria Day 2021
Kenya is joining the World Sunday in marking Malaria day with revelations that more than half of the world population still remains at risk from...