Sunday, April 7, is the World Health Organization's (WHO) World Health Day with the theme: “My health, my right” aiming to address the health challenges caused by a myriad of ways from diseases and disasters, to conflicts causing death, pain, hunger and psychological...
According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2022 issued in December, there were 247 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2021 resulting in 619,000 deaths with the WHO African Region continuing to carry a disproportionately high share of...
Today, Thursday, April 7, is the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Health Day with this year’s theme of “Our planet, our health” was chosen “in the face of the current pandemic, a polluted planet, and an increasing incidence of diseases.” This call from the WHO...
At age 6, Malawian Rita Bonzo suffered a serious accident which left her without the use the legs, and all through the rest of her childhood and into adulthood she struggled to get around with the help of others in the village of Lameck. But despite the challenges she...
In the 46 countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) there are just over 1 billion people (14 percent of the world’s population), the vast majority in dire poverty which has only been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The first confirmed case of COVID-19 was confirmed...
For years, Bread and Water for Africa® has been providing medicines, and medical supplies, and equipment to our partners in Africa who operate clinics and hospitals offering free and low-cost healthcare to tens of thousands of infants and children, young mothers, and...
In addition to, of course, food security and access to clean, safe water, addressing the lack of adequate healthcare is the most pressing need in Sub-Saharan Africa today, especially in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In the impoverished country of Sierra...
Medicines, medical supplies and equipment are always in short supply in the rural regions of sub-Saharan African countries, and with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing its spread throughout the continent these items are needed now more than ever. This month, we are...
Our longtime partner in Cameroon, Hope Services Ministry International (HSMI), was founded in 1994 to provide humanitarian services including free and low-cost health care to tens of thousands of children, women, prisoners and vulnerable people in general. Thanks to...
Nearly 10 years ago, the World Health Organization estimated that there were 15 million people in Ethiopia with disabilities, representing close to 20 percent of the population. And according to the country’s Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, 95 percent of those...
Their names are Darrel, Ema, Makanaka, Nyarai and Margaret and they among the dozens of orphaned and abandoned African children who have found loving homes at children’s homes — Lewa Children’s Home in Kenya, Kabwata Orphanage and Transit Centre in Zambia, and the...
For over20 years, Bread and Water for Africa® has been working in Sub-Saharan African countries such as Sierra Leone, Kenya, Cameroon, Ethiopia, and Zambia to ensure that expectant mothers are able to safely give birth to healthy baby girls and boys.hos Through our...