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The First African Road Safety Day will be launched on 18 November 2012, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Brazzaville, 16 November 2012 -- The 62nd session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa is scheduled to take place from 19 to 23

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The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, yesterday began a two-day official visit to Libreville, Republic of Gabon.

Two months after Maripaz Callejas’ husband died of AIDS, she was diagnosed with HIV. One doctor told her that she would be dead within five years.

Libreville, 12 November 2012 -- A meeting on the “One health” approach in the WHO African Region started on 12 November 2012 at the Okoume Palace Hotel in Libre

Over the last few years, public health, animal health and environmental authori-ties have made considerable progress at the international level in identifying mechanisms for col