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RD during the Meeting with Commissioner for Social Affairs (AUC)

The WHO Regional Director for Africa attended the 29th African Union Summit, held in Ethiopia: “When Africa unites and makes its voice heard, it wins”.

“When Africa unites and makes its voice heard, it wins” Said H.E. Alpha Conde, President of the Republic of Guinea and Chairman of the African Union speaking at the opening ceremony of the 29th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Addis Ababa. He added “The recent election of Dr Tedros Adhanom at the Director General (DG) post of the World Health Organization is an eloquent illustration.
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WHO DG, Dr Tedros Adhanom with AUC Chairperson H.E. Moussa F. Mahamat

First official visit of the new WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom to Ethiopia

Addis Ababa, 3 July 2017: After taking office on 1 July 2017, the new Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom, conducted his first

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WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 2 July 2017 – Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Welcoming WHO’S new Director-General

On 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus begins his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General.

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CSM: Nigeria declares outbreak over and underscores WHO’s role in combating the disease.

 

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Uganda conducts Joint External Evaluation of International Health Regulations (2005) core capacities

Uganda, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), is hosting a five-day Joint External Evaluation (JEE) meeting to review and validate the progress made by the country in building the International Health Regulations (IHR 2005) core capacities and their implementation.
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Stakeholders commit to work together towards universal health care for all Africans

Brazzaville, 28 June 2017 – The World Health Organization’s inaugural Africa Health Forum ‘has concluded with a resounding call to action that all stakehol

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Roadmap for Implementing the Addis Declaration on Immunization Launches at the Africa Health Forum

Today, a roadmap to guide Member States’ implementation of the Addis Declaration on Immunization (ADI) was officially launched at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Health Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The roadmap was developed in close collaboration between Member States, the African Union (AU) Commission and the WHO Offices in the African Region (AFRO) and Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), as well as immunization partners.
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