Experts call for dedicated budgets for family planning New Vision.  One of the biggest gaps in financing family planning supplies is that government budget allocations have consistently remained below its $5 million annual spending commitments....

Urgent need for vaccine to prevent deadly Group B streptococcus By WHO A new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) reveals the alarming global impact of Group B streptococcus (GBS) – a common bacterium that...

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus set to stay on as WHO chief By Aljazeera, October 29, 2021. The World Health Organization has said that its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is running unopposed for a second five-year term....

WHO’s 7 policy recommendations on building resilient health systems WHO, 19 October 2021   COVID-19 has had a wide-ranging impact on all areas of society, leading to setbacks in health gains and efforts to achieve universal health coverage (UHC)....

Zimbabwe: No pay for unvaccinated civil servants Zimbabwe will not allow unvaccinated government employees to access their offices following the lapse of the compulsory Covid-19 vaccination deadline on Friday, a circular showed....