1. WHO Africa
  2. Media Centre

Featured news

The fight to resist multidrug-resistant TB in Ghana

The fight to resist multidrug-resistant TB in Ghana

In Ghana, the National TB Control Programme (NTP) has been instrumental in providing guidelines, treatment and support to clients affected by the disease. Since 2016 there have been great advances in the detection of Drug-resistant and Drug Sensitive TB cases, with GeneXpert is now the main diagnostic tool in investigating TB.
Read more »
Distribution of ITNs

Uganda commemorates 2023 World Malaria Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day 2023 and the launch of the lifesaving vector control tool, the Insectici

Read more »
Cyclone Freddy deepens health risks in worst-hit countries

Cyclone Freddy deepens health risks in worst-hit countries

The devastation by Tropical Cyclone Freddy is exposing major health risks in the hardest-hit southern Africa countries where emergency response efforts are being ramped up to provide relief to affected communities. 
Read more »
Global partners commit to improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Global partners commit to improve Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

Ten Ministries of Health with country, regional and global partners have resolved to strengthen collaboration towards improving maternal, newborn and child health through sustained quality of care at all levels of the health system.
Read more »
World Oral Health Day 2023

World Oral Health Day 2023: WHO urges countries to unite, follow, and implement the Regional and Global strategies on oral health

Read more »
As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, UN and partners call for urgent funding

As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, UN and partners call for urgent funding

Joint Press Release 

Read more »
Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases

Equatorial Guinea’s Ministry of Health has confirmed eight more cases of Marburg, bringing the number of confirmed cases to nine since the outbreak of the viral haemorrhagic fever was declared on 13 February.
Read more »
Tackling malaria in Mali through stronger surveillance

Tackling malaria in Mali through stronger surveillance

How can numbers save lives? In three malaria-prone districts in central Mali, regular recording of cases is helping local health officials keep track of infection trends, but more importantly, they can now trigger an emergency response when the infection threshold is crossed and helping to curb potential large outbreaks.
Read more »