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African ministers of health and global partners gathering for the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today pledged stronger action to accelerate local manufacturing of medicines and medical products to ensure self-sufficiency.

African health ministers today adopted a crucial regional strategy to strengthen and fully integrate rehabilitation services into public health systems across the region by 2035.

African ministers of health gathering in the Zambian capital Lusaka today opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the highest decision-making body on health on the continent.

African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today adopted a pivotal framework to accelerate efforts to address oral health diseases that affect around 42% of the region’s population.

Ministers of Health, partners, and global health leaders convening on the sidelines of the Seventy Fifth WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC75) have issued an urgent call to accelerate Africa’s malaria response amid a “perfect storm” of challenges threatening to erode hard-won gains.

On 21 August 2025, the WHO Country Office in Benin had the privilege of receiving Mr. Gilles Fagninou, UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, and Mr. Ousmane Niang, UNICEF Representative in Benin. This high-level visit highlighted the exemplary collaboration between WHO and UNICEF at both regional and national levels.