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Southern Africa tackles climate-driven disease threats through pandemic fund grant
Southern Africa tackles climate-driven disease threats through pandemic fund grant
Africa invests in stronger vaccine evidence: regional training workshop builds skills to improve health security
Africa invests in stronger vaccine evidence: regional training workshop builds skills to improve health security
African footballers star in Kick Out Polio campaign ahead of AFCON 2025
African footballers star in Kick Out Polio campaign ahead of AFCON 2025
Africa sets course for affordable, quality medicines with new 10-year roadmap
Africa sets course for affordable, quality medicines with new 10-year roadmap

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Community midwives helping to lower maternal deaths in Central African Republic
Community midwives helping to lower maternal deaths in Central African Republic
Rift Valley Fever in Senegal: On the Frontline to Protect Communities
Rift Valley fever in Senegal: On the frontline to protect communities
L’espoir porté par les jeunes face à la RAM à Madagascar
The hope carried by young Madagascans in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Dr Bassoum: A Fight to Preserve the Effectiveness of Antibiotics in Africa
Dr Oumar Bassoum: A fight to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in Africa

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RDT testing for COVID-19
Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
WHO delivers assorted lifesaving medical supplies to Mayom County in the Greater Unity Region to support flood affected communities.
WHO takes health care services directly to South Sudan’s flood-affected communities in Mayom County
A health worker gives medication to a patient. Kenya has embarked on a extensive evidence-based approach to root out TB
Kenya embarks on new approach to prioritize future TB actions

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WHO AFRO prevents, detects and responds to health emergencies in the African region
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Journée mondiale contre le tabac -2025
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Events

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Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO Regional Committee for Africa now open! Deadline 15 December 2025

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Call for Experts Technical Advisory Group on Noncommunicable Diseases in the World ...

10 September 2025

Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

25 August 2025

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize — 5th Laureates

23 August 2025