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Ebola contact tracing team at work in the quarantined village, Bombali district, Sierra Leone.

Rapid response to new Ebola infection in Bombali, Sierra Leone

WHO is helping Sierra Leone to mobilize all its experience and…
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13th African Traditional Medicine Day commemoration in Ethiopia

13th African Traditional Medicine Day commemorated in Ethiopia

The 13th Africa Traditional Medicine Day was commemorated under the…
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Day One Bulletin: African Regional Workshop on HIV in Children and Adolescents

Entebbe, 15 September 2015:- The African Regional Workshop on HIV…
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Amina Ismail, a surveillance officer in Kenya, visits health care centres, schools, community leaders and traditional healers to build their knowledge of how to identify and report cases of polio.

Finding Every Last Poliovirus

Surveillance Officers like Amina Ismail in Kenya spend their days…
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Down to zero – Nigeria on the path to polio eradication

Abuja, 11 September 2015 - There’s starting to be a breath of fresh…
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A young child taking in the Oral Cholera Vaccine during the first dose campaign in Chikwawa

Over 11,000 people received first dose of Oral Cholera Vaccine at Kasinthula in Chikwawa district – Malawi

Lilongwe: The Ministry of Health and World Health Organization in…
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The Annual Conference for Regional and District Medical Officers kicks off in the United Republic of Tanzania, 8th -11th September, 2015.

Dar es Salaam, 9 September 2015 - The Ministry of Health and…
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Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990 but global MDG target missed by wide margin

9 September 2015 - Child mortality rates have plummeted to
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