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UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents

UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge countries in western and central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for children and adolescents

DAKAR/GENEVA, 16 January 2019 - At a high-level meeting in Dakar…

Ebola Survivor with Family

New hope with Ebola drug trial

By the time Kambale Kombi Vianey arrived at the Ebola treatment…

Prime Minister Dr Ruhakana Ruganda (left) and WHO DG Dr Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus address the media during the presser

WHO Director-General applauds Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Kampala 3 January 2019 - The Director General of the World Health…

WHO HTS Info app: from concept to reality

This app provides easy, on-the-go access to current HIV testing…

Review of records in health facilities

Situation Update on the Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan

Juba 20 December 2018 – The Yellow Fever outbreak in South Sudan…

H.E Gen Taban Deng Gai cuts the ribbon during the opening of the IDU

A new multipurpose Infectious Disease Unit opens in Juba, South Sudan

Juba 20 December, 2018 – A new multi-purpose, Infectious…

The 30th World AIDS DAY commemoration participants in Bishoftu town

Ethiopia commemorates the 30th World AIDS DAY

Federal HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Office (FHAPCO) in…

Building Health: Kenya’s Move to Universal Health Coverage

One dark night, James Kimeu Mulei had a nasty encounter. The sixty-…

Tanzania is first African country to reach an important milestone in the regulation of medicines

Tanzania is first African country to reach an important milestone in the regulation of medicines

Brazzaville / 10 December 2018: Tanzania is the first…

Belgium and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest to win the fight against NTDs

Brazzaville, December 10, 2018 – Leading philanthropists as well as…