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Ethiopia conference to consider $106.8M strategy for WHO to tackle disease outbreaks and other health emergencies in Africa

African health ministers to endorse regional oral health strategy for 2016-2025

Ministers of health commit to make Africa a region in which everyone can live a long, healthy and productive life

Yellow fever vaccination campaign starts in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

African governments urged to prioritise health in their development efforts

Dr Sule Meleh briefing the external surveilance review team at Borno Polio EOC

Commissioner for Health commends WHO for deploying surveillance review team to Borno State.

Maiduguri, 18 August 2016 - The Commissioner for Health, Dr Haruna Mshelia has applauded the World Health Organization (WHO) for deploying an international surveillance and outb

(L-R) Dr Rex Mpazanje of WHO, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of State for Health and Professor Adewole at the press briefing

Nigeria declares polio outbreak as a national public health emergency.

Abuja, 18 August 2016 - The Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has declared the recent polio outbreak as a national public health emergency following the re

Dr Yokouide Allarangar, WHO Representative in DRC speaking at the official campaign launch

Mass yellow fever vaccination campaign launched in Democratic Republic of Congo

Kinshasa, 17 August - A yellow fever preventive mass vaccination campaign was launched on Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by the Minister of H