Climate change increases risk of outbreaks in Africa
Gabriel Mabikina has lived most of his 80 years of life in the bustling port city of Pointe-Noire in the Republic of Congo.
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Health and Environment: Shaping a Better Future Together in Africa
Aiming to identify emerging environmental threats to people’s health and agree on a strategic action plan for the region, African Ministers of health and environment will meet for the Third Interministerial Conference on Health and Environment from 6 to 9 November in Libreville, Gabon. The conference jointly organized by the government of Gabon, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Environment will discuss how to turn health and environmental policies into action.
Read moreCleaning up Africa’s air would pay for itself in economic gains: Pollution is dragging down the continent’s GDP and harming its children
The beginning of November in Dakar, Senegal, marks the end of the rainy season and the start of the peak in air pollution levels that the dry season brings. While August and September are the best months for breathing in the city, the pollution levels from December to March are, on average, above recommended safety levels.
Read moreGetting ready for health emergencies in Africa
Earlier this year Nigeria experienced its largest Lassa fever outbreak ever. For Samuel Mutbam it was a baptism by fire. As WHO’s Deputy Incident Manager he was a key member of the coordination team and often worked for 15 hours a day, with little time to eat.
Read moreFrom high burden to high impact: getting back on track to end malaria
A high-level roundtable After an unprecedented period of success in global malaria control, progress has stalled. According to WHO’s latest World malaria report, there were an estimated 216 million cases of malar…
Read moreWHO scales up new front against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Uganda
BENI, Nord Kivu Province, 25 September 2018 (WHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is working in close coordination with the Ministry of Health and with the support of other partners to step up its emergency respons…
Read moreWHO is scaling up response to a fast-moving cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe’s capital
The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up its response to an outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe, which is expanding quickly in Harare, the country’s capital with a population of more than two million people.
Read moreEbola strikes big city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and WHO scales up response to new threat
It’s been a little over a month since the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared by the Ministry of Health. In the hotspot of Mangina, which is a rural community much progress has been made, but a new case in the city of Butembo is raising concern.
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