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Dakar, 22 October -- Adolescence is a crucial phase in human development and adequate coverage of the health needs of people in this age group in Africa is

Dakar, 20 October -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has called on countries in the African region to adopt and scale up demonstrated good practices th

Dakar, 20 October -- The majority of communities in four selected African countries still prefer to have babies delivered at home rather than in health fac

Brazzaville, 15 October 2003 -- The second meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Regional Reproductive Health Task Force is to take place f

The theme for World Mental Health Day this year draws the attention of the international community to the threat that emotional and behavioural disorders pose to the mental heal

Following years of civil war in Liberia, access to safe drinking water and a coordinated health response are at the core of WHO's work in the country.

This series of feature stories is about people living with HIV/AIDS. Each story is very different.

Johannesburg, 5 September 2003 -- The 53rd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended Friday in Johannesburg with the adoption of six resolutio