Niger: improving access to services to reduce maternal mortality.
Stories & Blogs WHOApr 07, 2025(News )Niger continues to face high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. In 2020, maternal mortality was estimated at 441 deaths per 100 000 live births.
Aid cuts threaten fragile progress in ending maternal deaths, UN agencies warn
Stories & Blogs WHOApr 07, 2025(News )Countries must recommit to ending deaths in childbirth amid major headwinds.
Impact of US funding cuts on the global AIDS response — 28 March 2025 update
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSMar 28, 2025(Story )Countries are continuing to adapt to the recent cuts to US funding for the global HIV response. The impacts of HIV service disruptions are being more clearly understood as more granular information becomes available.
UNAIDS rallies faith leaders in support of the HIV response at the Vatican in Rome.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSFeb 13, 2025(Press Release )The Executive Director of UNAIDS Winnie Byanyima met with leaders in the Catholic Church as part of a global effort to mobilize voices of faith to stand up in a moment of crisis for the AIDS response.
UNAIDS urges countries to invest in HIV prevention as key to ending AIDS.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSFeb 13, 2025(Press Statement )On International Condom Day, UNAIDS and partners are calling for HIV prevention efforts to be stepped up.
Impact of recent U.S. shifts on the global HIV response.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDSFeb 10, 2025(News )The United States Government has recently issued an immediate pause on U.S. foreign assistance for assessment of programmatic efficiencies and consistency with United States foreign policy.
Strengthening alliances and building movements to end female genital mutilation
Stories & Blogs WHOFeb 06, 2025(News )Joint statement by UNFPA Executive Director Dr Natalia Kanem, UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Ground-breaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
Stories & Blogs WHOFeb 03, 2025(News )In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus.
Chad introduces malaria vaccine in triple-vaccine rollout for children
Stories & Blogs WHOOct 25, 2024(News )Chad today kicked off an ambitious triple vaccine rollout, including the R21 malaria vaccine, marking a significant step forward in its efforts to safeguard the health and well-being of millions of children.
Kenya, Uganda cross-border polio vaccination reaches 6.5 million children
Stories & Blogs WHOOct 23, 2024(News )Between October 3 and 6, 2024, more than 6.5 million children were vaccinated in a successful synchronized polio campaign between Kenya and Uganda.