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Regional Stakeholders Convene to Shape Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s, and Adolescents’ Health

| Johannesburg, 6 May 2015 - Hundreds of

The mission of the Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC) is to provide a platform for agencies and governments to  coordinate their response to the

A staggering 95% of people infected with hepatitis B or C around the world do not know they are infected.

As a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has drawn huge global attention and response.

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in the WHO African Region now goes beyond the scope of Communicable Diseases.

Brazzaville -- Resistance to available anti-malarial drugs has become a growing threat to efforts to control the malaria in Africa, the World Health Organization's Regional Offi

A profound shift from communicable to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) is under way in many parts of the African Region.