21 APRIL 2017 | GENEVA, AMSTERDAM - New WHO data reveal that an estimated 325 million people worldwide are living with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The WHO Global hepatitis r…
Read moreBrazzaville, 8 February 2017 - Fourteen countries set to finalize their Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Annual Plans of Action with guidance from the World Health Organization’s Expanded Special Project on the Eli…
Read moreBrazzaville/Algiers, 10 October 2016 – Tobacco control experts from the WHO African Region have begun a 4-day meeting in Algiers, Algeria, to review progress in the battle against the devastating consequences of tob…
Read more1 October 2016 - Take a Stand Against Ageism The International Day of Older Persons is an opportunity to highlight the important contributions that older people make to society and raise awareness of the issues and ch…
Read more23 September 2016 | Geneva | New Delhi | Beijing − The World Health Organization (WHO) is piloting new approaches to overturn the “slow decline” of new leprosy cases almost 16 years after the disease was “eliminated as a…
Read moreFirst AVAREF TCC and SC Meetings, held in Kigali, Rwanda, 20–23 September 2016 The AVAREF Steering Committee (SC) plays an important role in the development and review of technical documents for use by ethics committe…
Read moreThis issue focuses on yellow fever, cholera, the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria and South Sudan and Rift Valley fever in Niger. During the period under review, there have been urban Yellow Fever (YF) outbreaks in Ango…
Read moreAddis 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 hepati…
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