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Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Namibia | Nov 04, 2025

Namibia launches the Child Maltreatment Clinical Guidelines

Namibia has been a pioneer in child protection, being one of the first countries to adopt a proactive approach to ending violence against children and to developing national plans with dedicated resources

Violence against children in Namibia remains alarmingly high despite the government's commitment to ending it. The 2019 Namibia Violence Against Children and Youth Survey (VACS) shows that nearly 40% of girls and 45% of boys suffered from physical, sexual, or emotional abuse during childhood. Physical violence is the most widespread,…

Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Angola | Nov 04, 2025

Angola launches vaccination campaign to protect girls against cervical cancer

The campaign is also led by the First Lady of the Republic, Dr. Ana Dias Lourenço, who acts as national ambassador, mobilizing institutions, leaders, and communities to ensure that no girl is left behind

Angola has launched one of the largest public health campaigns in its history: vaccination against Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the main cause of cervical cancer. The goal is clear and urgent: to protect more than two million girls aged between 9 and 12 across the country between October 27 and November…

Source: Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) | Nov 04, 2025

Raising a New Cohort of Epidemiologists in West Africa

Graduates are now equipped to strengthen mental health surveillance, promote and facilitate the decentralisation of mental health services to primary health care and community-based facilities, and improve access to mental health care

Graduates sang and clapped as they celebrated reaching a personal milestone. They were embarking on a new journey as the next generation of mental health leaders in West Africa. After nine months of rigorous classroom and field training, fellows from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali and Niger became the pioneers of the Subregional…

Source: World Food Programme (WFP) | Nov 04, 2025

Famine conditions confirmed in Sudan's El Fasher and Kadugli, but hunger and malnutrition ease where conflict subsides

FAO, WFP and UNICEF warn of the highest levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in El Fasher and Kadugli; improvements seen where fighting has receded and services have resumed

The latest analysis of food insecurity and malnutrition in Sudan shows stark contrasts along conflict lines, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned today. In areas where violence has subsided – allowing humanitarian access and market recovery – food…

Source: African Union (AU) | Nov 04, 2025

African Union and Global Fund Formalise Cooperation to Strengthen Health Systems and Development in Africa

This partnership also builds on steady progress to build domestic investments in health year after year following the February 2019 African Leadership Meeting (ALM) – Investing in Health Declaration

The African Union (AU) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration in support of African countries’ efforts to end AIDS, TB and malaria, strengthen health systems, increase domestic resource mobilisation and advance health security…

Source: International Rescue Committee (IRC) | Nov 04, 2025

Sudan - Darfur: “Where are the people of El Fasher?” International Rescue Committee (IRC) demands as catastrophic hunger levels confirmed and unaccompanied children arrive in Tawila

IRC continues to deliver critical humanitarian support in Tawila to displaced people from El Fasher including emergency health services, water trucking, and cash assistance

As the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system confirms catastrophic hunger levels in El Fasher and Kadugli, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is alarmed by the arrival of unaccompanied and separated children in Tawila, fleeing violence by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). IRC staff report that amidst the less…

Source: Republic of South Africa: The Parliament | Nov 03, 2025

International Relations Committee Chairperson Condemns Killing of Civilians in Sudan

The committee adds its voice to that of the South African government calling upon the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces to immediately and unconditionally implement an verifiable cessation of hostilities

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation, Mr Supra Mahumapelo, has condemned in the strongest possible terms the continuing gruesome killings of civilians and attacks on essential services, such as healthcare centres, in Sudan. He said the persistent acts of impunity that have resulted in a…

Source: Republic of South Africa: The Parliament | Nov 03, 2025

Urgent Investigation and Clear Communications Necessary to Limit Typhoid Outbreak and Allay Fears in Tshwane

Broadly, the current challenges in Tshwane should be a forewarning for authorities to get their act together and ensure that the entire value chain operates effectively to prevent such outbreaks

The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation, Mr Leon Basson, has noted with concern the reports of increasing cases of typhoid in Hammanskraal and Bronkhorstspruit in the City of Tshwane. While the Chairperson has noted assurances that the city, the Department of Health and the National Institute…

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Regional Office for Africa | Nov 03, 2025

One Health Day: Africa Joint Quadripartite Statement

The Regional Quadripartite Coordination Group stands ready to support African countries in implementing One health initiatives through technical assistance, policy guidance, and strategic advocacy

On this One Health Day of 2025, we the Regional Representatives/Directors in Africa representing the Quadripartite Regional Coordination Group comprising of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH),…

Source: African Union (AU) | Nov 03, 2025

Official Press Statement by H.E. Amb. Amma A. Twum-Amoah - AUC Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development on the Humanitarian Assessment Mission in the Republic of the Sudan

The team also delivered food items (FIs) and non-food items (NFIs), procured from local vendors, to the Humanitarian Aid Commission of the Republic of the Sudan

The African Union Commission deployed a Humanitarian Assessment Team composed of humanitarian experts voluntarily nominated by Member States, and led by H.E. Amb. Amma A. Twum-Amoah, Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development, and H.E. Amb. Nasir Aminu, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Federal Democratic…

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