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CNRD staff help a sickle cell patient in Brazzaville, June 2019

Centre of excellence brings hope for sickle cell patients in Congo Republic

19 June 2019

The National Reference Centre for Sickle Cell Disease is a specialized medical centre that aims to be a one-stop shop for people who suffer from sickle cell disease.

Dr Moeti speaking at the opening ceremony of the Congress of the African Society of Hematology

Rising cases of sickle cell disease prompts calls for urgent action

13 July 2018

Brazzaville, 12 July 2018 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti has called for more investment, stronger collaboration and partnerships to stem the tide of the rising cases of sickle cell disease in Africa. Dr Moeti was speaking at the opening ceremony of the Congress of the African Society of Hematology which opened today in Brazzaville, Congo.
“Our States alone, without the precious support of partners, will not be able to cope with information, communication, education, screening, case management and also basic research in this field.

Press briefing on Africa Malaria Day held Nairobi

Brazzaville, 25 April 2003 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) is to provide technical support for the development and commercial production of dihydro-artemisinin, a plant-based anti-malarial medicine reputed to have the highest cure rate for the disease, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr E.M. Samba, has said.
The medicine is extracted from Artemisia annua, a Chinese medicinal plant which also flourishes in Tanzania, and grown in commercial quantities in the country's Southern and Northern highlands.

Dr Samba urges protection of pregnant women, children from malaria

25 April 2003

Brazzaville, 25 April 2003 -- "As we commemorate Africa Malaria Day 2003, I call on our collaborators and partners to join hands with governments of the Region to protect our pregnant women and children".
This is the thrust of the message issued by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, on the occasion of the third Africa Malaria Day.

Dr Samba lauds role of partners in fight against malaria

25 April 2003

Brazzaville, 30 April 2003 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, has commended organizations in the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership for their role in the fight against malaria in the African Region.
Speaking on his return to Brazzaville, after the commemoration of Africa Malaria Day and the launch of Africa Malaria Report 2003 in Nairobi, Kenya, Dr Samba expressed appreciation for the re-energized commitment of the global malaria control community to the fight against malaria.

Africa Malaria Day 2005

20 April 2005

What ? Africa malaria Day (AMD) 2005
The theme for Africa Malaria Day 2005 is Unite Against Malaria while the accompanying slogan is Together We Can Beat Malaria.
When ? 25 April 2005

Why ? AMD commemorates the day in 2000, when African Heads of State or their representatives from 44 endemic countries met in Abuja, Nigeria, for the first ever African malaria Summit. At this summit, they signed the historic Abuja Declaration and Plan of Action which commits governments to reduce by 50% the malaria burden in Africa by the year 2010.

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