On 17 December, WHO team visited the displacement camp near Mpoko airport hosting around 45 000 people who have fled recent violence, to rapidly assess the health situation and priority needs. At the Mpoko camp, as ac…
Read moreThe African Region commemorates from 23 to 28 April 2012 the second African Vaccination Week. This year's AVW is "An Unimmunized Child is One Too Many. Give Polio the Final Push". The AVW is a unique opportunity to accel…
Read moreoday Sierra Leone kicked off bed net distributions to help protect its population against malaria, which remains one of the country’s most deadly diseases. In total, 4.3 million insecticide treated bed nets will be distr…
Read moreArusha, 19 November -- Tanzania's Prime Minister, Frederick Sumaye, on Tuesday called for increased government-private sector cooperation in malaria control in Africa. Officiallly opening the Third Multilateral In…
Read moreGlobal Dialogue Meeting on the role of non-State actors in supporting Member States in their national efforts to tackle noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development …
Read moreHuambo is Angola’s second biggest city and the province with the largest urban population after Luanda province. It is also one of the eleven Angolan provinces currently with confirmed local transmission of Yellow Fev…
Read moreCape Town/Brazzaville, 11 December 2013 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo has called for stronger national response to the fight against HIV/AIDS. He made the call while ad…
Read moreThe 63rd Session of the Regional Committee took place from 2 to 6 September 2013 in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. During the meeting, a side-event on “Networking of public health research institutions in the African Re…
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