Brazzaville, 25 April 2009 - WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has urged malaria endemic countries in the Region to strive to achieve universal access to cost-effective malaria control interventions s…
Read moreZambia is the latest African country to reach the Roll Back Malaria target of a more than 50% reduction of mortality from malaria compared to 2000. On World Malaria Day, celebrated on 25 April, Zambia's efforts will be p…
Read moreA one-day High-level Leadership Meeting on Buruli Ulcer(BU) organized by WHO and the Govenment of Benin in Cotonou on Monday (30 March) has adopted the Cotonou Declaration on Buruli Ulcer which commits BU-endemic counties to take a number of measures to prevent and control the disease.
Read moreCotonou, 30 March 2009 -- Based on the best available evidence, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) new strategy for Buruli ulcer (BU) control will focus on early case detection…
Read moreWith dramatic increases in funding and intense momentum towards reducing the malaria burden in recent years, we have a greater need for reliable information and analysis," said WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. "Th…
Read moreYaoundé, 2 September 2008 - A decade ago, governments in the WHO African Region adopted a strategy to improve the oral health (ORH) of their people; but, ten years on, significant challenges still hamper its progres…
Read moreBrazzaville, 19 May 2008 -- Elimination of malaria is perhaps not imminent but the debate taking place worldwide on the urgent need to accelerate efforts to control malaria and eventually eliminate it opens up new prospe…
Read moreHarare, 25 September 2007 -- The African Region will be the first of WHO’s six regions to take tangible action in integrating oral health into other chronic diseases programmes. This was the key outcome of an exp…
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