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Workshop to develop a Regional Score Card to Monitor Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the Region

Workshop to develop a Regional Score Card to Monitor Progress on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in the Region

Universal access to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)…
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Group photo of delegates Validation Meeting WHO Representative Minister of Health

Seychelles takes the lead as the first country in the African Region to adapt and validate the WHO/AFRO’s 3rd Edition Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Technical Guidelines

Seychelles, 30th August 2019 - Every year, countries in the African…
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Buruli Ulcer Article_Chineye's Leg

Buruli ulcer: An infectious disease thriving in unsanitary environments

“My daughter will never be beautiful again, flies follow her around…
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Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, is interviewed at a hotel in Yokohama on Thursday | Photo: RYUSEI TAKAHASHI

For countries to grow, health care must come first, WHO's Africa director says on TICAD sidelines

WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti makes the first…
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António Bélio, Nutrition Supervisor, DPS in Sofala

António Bélio, Nutrition Supervisor, DPS in Sofala

António Bélio is a Nutrition Supervisor, responsible for Nutrition at…
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Protecting devotion from cholera in pilgrimage sites in Ethiopia

Protecting the devoted from cholera in pilgrimage sites in Ethiopia

The pilgrims sometimes come by the thousands. They come by foot, by…
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Opening ceremony, Dr J M Dangou, NCDs_AFRO(left), Dr G Ndayisaba, D M NCDs_MoH, Dr W. Maina, Tob_AFRO(right) (2)

The WHO Africa Gates Tobacco Control Project Review Meeting kicked off in Kigali

Kigali, 27th August 2019: The World Health Organization (WHO), in…
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Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania

Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania

“I have been a sewerage operator for more than 20 years now,” says…
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