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The Decade of Action for Road Safety (2011-2020), proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in March 2010, was officially launched on May 11th at the Convention Center i

Windhoek -- On 11 May, Namibia along with more than 150 countries worldwide launched the Global Decade of Action for Road Safety by initiating the Namibian Chapter of the Decade

Windhoek, 10 May 2011 -- The World Health Organization(WHO) Country office in Namibia and the Namibian Red Cross Society (NRCS) today announced its joint health strategy to resp

Abidjan, 10 May 2011 -- The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, em-barked on an official visit to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire on Monday 9 May 201

The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Gomes Sambo has called for urgent action to address the recurrent epidemics in West African countries.

Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 set to save millions of lives

Brazzaville, 4 May 2011 -- More than 75 million children, women and men from 22 countries in the WHO African Region were vaccinated in April against polio and m

Windhoek, 3 May April 2011 -- The World Health Organization has received nearly USD 251,000 ( N$1.7m) from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to the health