Iceland gives funds to UNICEF to boost Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in 600 schools in Uganda
Dr. Munir Safieldin, UNICEF Representative and Ms. Thordis Sigurdardottir, Head of Mission, Embassy of Iceland, sign the financial agreements after ...
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Access to mental health and psychosocial support services remains unequal for children and adolescents in Africa, say UNICEF & WHO
Child's i Foundation, an NGO in Uganda distributing some devices to mentally ill children in Makindye Division, Kampala (PHOTO/Nelson Mandela). ...
Govt decries Covid-19 vaccine shortage as educationists call for vaccination of all teachers before school re-opening
President Museveni and wife Janet receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine jab. The government says they have tried to procure more ...
Turkey pledges Covid-19 vaccine due for approval to Uganda
Deputy Speaker Anita Among (R) with Kafkas after the meeting on Friday (PHOTO/Courtesy). KAMPALA - The Turkish Government of Uganda ...
Kenya launches massive vaccination of children against measles, rubella
A doctor vaccinating a child at the launch of the campaign (PHOTO/Courtesy). NAIROBI, Kenya -- The government of Kenya has ...
COVID-19 variant first identified in India found in 44 countries, resistant to antibodies – WHO
On Wednesday, India's COVID-19 tally rose to 22,992,517 and the total death toll reached 249,992 (PHOTO/Courtesy). GENEVA -- A COVID-19 ...
WHO says measles outbreak looming in Africa amid stalled vaccination
Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa (PHOTO/File). NAIROBI -- Several African countries could experience an outbreak of measles amid ...
Global COVID-19 infection rate approaching highest – WHO
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO) speaks at a press conference at the UN Office in Geneva (PHOTO/File). ...
WHO experts meet to review efficacy of AstraZeneca vaccine
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, codenamed AZD1222, is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca given by intramuscular injection, using ...
WHO seeks funding to help Somalis affected by cyclone
Over the last three and half decades, Somalia has experienced 15 tropical storms and cyclones together with flash floods (PHOTO/Courtesy). ...
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