Yellow Fever Outbreak in Ghana

Published on December 20, 2021

Ghana has recently reported 202 suspected yellow fever cases with 70 confirmed cases and 35 dead from October 15 to November 27. The article will discuss the yellow fever outbreak and public health response, in particular the associated vaccination efforts.  Outbreak Observatory

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The scientist in Botswana who identified omicron was saddened by the world's reaction

December 20, 2021
Sikhulile Moyo, the laboratory director at the Botswana-Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership spoke with NPR about the identification of the new variant, travel bans, what southern Africa needs from the rest of the world and what may come next. NPR

New courses on OpenWHO this month

December 21, 2021
New courses launched SocialNet: Social and behavioural insights COVID-19 data collection tool for Africa: This course introduces a data collection tool that can help countries or regions capture and use social and behavioural data in their response to the pandemic. Infodemic Management 101: This course is for anyone interested in understanding what an infodemic is, how it dramatically affects publ