Today the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, took a first-hand look at response efforts to save lives and protect health for the people in Beira, the city hardest hit by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Read moreHundreds of people held hands and stood side by side in an umbrella shape on Quebra Canela beach in Praia to show their solidarity for universal health coverage.
Read moreImmunization experts from East and Southern African countries concluded their annual EPI Managers Meeting on Wednesday here in Asmara, with participants agreeing on 20 recommendations aimed at reaching more children with life-saving vaccines and accelerating implementation of the Addis Declaration on Immunization to attain universal health coverage.
Read moreWHO provides urgent health assistance to thousands of people affected by heavy flooding in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe following huge devastation in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Idai.
Read moreThe WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, today called on Expanded Programme on Immunization managers in the 20 East and Southern African countries to redouble efforts to strengthen immunization services by accelerating implementation of the Addis Declaration on Immunization to attain the Universal Health Coverage.
Read moreGlobal leaders and health experts seek ways to strengthen African health services, deliver more effective health security and make progress towards achieving universal health coverage.
Read moreWhen rebel fighting flared in South Sudan in 2013, two years after the country gained independence, hospitals were suddenly overwhelmed with patients with gunshot wounds across Juba in desperate need of blood.
Read moreMidwife Viola putting on her gloves Viola James became interested in midwifery as a teenager, after assisting her aunt, a traditional birth attendant, with births. Now fully trained, she provides better care than unsk…
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