Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 August 2016 – By 2030, the African Region wants to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat. With the launch of the document “Prevention, Care and Treatment of viral hepatitis in the African Region: Framework for action 2016–2020”, WHO provides guidance to Member States in the Region on how to implement the first-ever Global Health Sector Strategy on viral hepatitis, which was adopted last May at the World Health Assembly.
Addis Ababa, 18 August 2016 – With more than 100 public health emergencies occurring each year in the African Region, Health Ministers attending the 66th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa will consider a $106.8M strategy to tackle the public health emergencies that threaten everyone in Africa and disrupt the regional economy.
Addis Ababa, 20 August 2016 – In a bid to ensure healthy and dignified ageing in the Region, African Ministers of Health endorsed an implementation framework for the Global Strategy and Plan of Action on Ageing and Health.
Addis Ababa, 20 August 2016 – Today, health ministers of the WHO African Region will endorse a strategy for Member States to improve oral health and enhance control of non-communicable diseases in general.
Addis Ababa, 19 August 2016 – Health ministers from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Region have begun a five-day meeting to discuss some key health issues affecting the Region. Addressing the opening session in Addis Ababa, the President of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, His Excellency, Dr Mulatu Teshome, observed that in the coming decades non-c