As we mark World AIDS Day on 1 December, whose theme this year is “Right to Health”, I would like to share the story of Alex, a 14 year old high school student who lives with his grandmother in Douala, Cameroon. He was d…
Read moreThis World AIDS Day, December 1, the Government of Sweden, together with the regional offices of UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO, announces the start of a USD45 million Joint United Nations (UN) four-year Regional Programme to reduce unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), new HIV infections, maternal mortality and sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) across East and Southern Africa.
Read moreIn Madagascar, where a severe plague epidemic has unfolded since August 2017, the number of new infections is finally in decline. WHO is supporting health authorities to respond to the outbreak, from setting up specialized plague treatment units in health centres, to distributing medicines across the country. A particularly effective action has involved training teams to find people who have been in contact with a plague patient – a system known as "contact tracing" – to help ensure these contacts are protected from falling sick themselves.
Read moreBrazzaville, 24 November 2017 - With growing momentum to ensure that everyone has access to good quality health, planning experts from 27 countries of the Region met in Brazzaville to agree on how to implement a Framewor…
Read moreThe second meeting of Directors of Policy and Planning and of Public Health Programs from the Ministries of Health of 27 countries gathered in Kintele, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 22nd to 24th November 2017, to deliberate on how to take forward the Regional Actions Framework on strengthening health systems for UHC and SDGs. They worked along with the WHO technical staff from the Health Systems and Services Cluster at all the three WHO levels as well as staff from other Clusters at the Regional Office;
Read more23 November 2017 - World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Director, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti recently attended the first WHO Global Ministerial Conference on ending TB in the sustainable development era – Novem…
Read moreCritical gaps in data also a concern. Abidjan, 16 November, 2017 - A newly released nutrition report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has revealed that undernutrition is still persiste…
Read moreSince 1 August 2017, Madagascar has been experiencing a large outbreak of plague. As of 10 November 2017, a total of 2119 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of plague, including 171 deaths (case fatality rate: 8%), have been reported by the Ministry of Health of Madagascar to WHO.
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