Harare, 5 October 2004-- Maternal mortality is a "silent emergency" claiming the lives of millions of African women and reversing otherwise impressive post-inde
Kano, Nigeria: 2 October 2004-- The Executive Governor of Kano State, Nigeria, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has reiterated that the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) is safe for consumption b
Brazzaville, 20 September 2004-- The out-going WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the just-concl
Brazzaville, 4 September -- Nigeria has re-affirmed its commitment to the global goal of polio eradication and announced three rounds of national immunizat
Brazzaville, 3 September 2004 --- The fifty-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended Friday in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, after n
Brazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Child and sexual abuse can be prevented and better managed through a set of priority interventions such as vigorous advoca
Brazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo was today nominated by the WHO Regional Committee for Africa for the post of WHO Regional Director for