Supporting Frontline Health Workers in Nigerian Conflict Zones (with SC Johnson and Nothing But Nets)
This year, World Humanitarian Day (August 19) arrives at a time when COVID-19 is surging across Africa: more than 1 million cases have been reported, despite limited testing capacity. COVID-19 is starting to spread beyond Africa’s urban areas and now poses a serious threat to humanitarian settings such as refugee settlements and war-torn communities. Health […]
Ensuring safe health facilities in conflict settings during COVID-19: Borno, Nigeria
The conflict affected and health burdened state of Borno, Nigeria, is now reporting increasing COVID-19 cases, an outbreak which will continue to aggravate an already unimaginable situation for the people in the region and threatens to hamper all efforts at recovery from the existing health crises. In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, as […]
Indoor Residual Spraying in Southern Angola
The entire Angolan population is at risk for malaria. In 2018 there were 3.8 million malaria cases and 16,000 malaria deaths in 2017.[1] Additionally, malaria in Angola accounts for 35% of mortality in children and 40% of pre-natal mortality.[2] Under the supervision and coordination of the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP), The MENTOR Initiative (MENTOR) […]
MENTOR IN MOZAMBIQUE UPDATE (JUNE 2019)
Reporting On The First Round Of IRS Campaigns in a post-Cyclone Idai Mozambique Immediately after Cyclone Idai struck Mozambique and the surrounding region in March 2019, The MENTOR Initiative mobilised their Emergency Team to start preparing for what we knew to be an incoming “Second Wave”. Our history and expertise working to reduce and prevent […]
Officials during the World Handwashing Day celebration – Uige, Angola.
On Saturday October 14th, 2017 in the province of Uige, local communities of four municipalities celebrated the 10th World Handwashing Day, as facilitated by MENTOR and in collaboration with The End Fund and the Provincial Directorates of Education and Health (along with other government offices). Schools were the primary focus, with UNICEF declaring children to be […]
MoH Garissa Appreciation Award to MENTOR for Improving Healthcare Services
Owing to The MENTOR Initiative’s continuous and successful collaboration in the implementation of malaria and other febrile diseases prevention and control programmes targeting the most vulnerable communities in North Eastern Kenya, The MENTOR Initiative received two prestigious merit awards during the period of August to November 2016. The Garissa Ministry of Health was awarded the Best […]
MENTOR’s past work in Chad
MENTOR is working in Gore (Southern Chad) in four refugee camps in Amboku, Gondje, Dosseye and Doholo, hosting a total of 46,771 people as well as in two returnee camps in Danamadja and Kobitey hosting a total of 18,262 Chadians (previously based in CAR). Southern Chad is host to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing […]