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The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen their strategic collaboration in support of vaccine equity, local production, and health innovation across the region.

At the 75th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, Ministers of Health and high-level delegates converged to reaffirm their commitment to the health and well-being of women, children, and adolescents.

African health ministers have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the gains of eradication that have seen millions of children across the region saved from the devastation of poliovirus.

African health ministers and partners are calling for increased investment in integrated health services to address the growing burden of severe noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly those affecting women and underserved populations across the region.

African ministers of health and global partners gathering for the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today pledged stronger action to accelerate local manufacturing of medicines and medical products to ensure self-sufficiency.

Porto-Novo, 25 August 2025 - Dr. Kouamé Jean Konan, Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Benin, met with His Excellency Louis Gbèhounou Vlavonou, President of the National Assembly, to discuss strengthening Benin’s health system and accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).