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World Health Day 2016: WHO calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes

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Emergency response to Ebola flare underway in Liberia. Case investigation widens to Guinea

Update from the field
4 April 2016

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WHO Director-General visits Angola; urgent action needed to contain yellow fever outbreak

The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, arrived today in Angola’s capital Luanda for a two-day visit to assess the situation of the current outbreak of

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WHO staff participate in health walk in Accra Ghana

WHO staff participate in health walk in Accra Ghana

04 April 2014, Accra Ghana - On 7 April, 1948, the World Health Organization's Constitution came into force - a date now celebrated every year as World Health Day (WHD).

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Director General of WHO and Regional Director for Africa in Luanda to support response to the yellow fever epidemic

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Extraordinary Meeting of the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF)

Brazzaville, Congo, 5-7 April, 2016
Creating a New vision and Blueprint for a strengthened AVAREF
 

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New positive case of Ebola virus disease confirmed in Liberia

WHO statement 
1 April 2016

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Opening Speech by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning and a view of Participants

Improving health financing in response to the sustainable development goals

The Ministry of Health of Rwanda organized from 29th to 31st March 2016, in Bugesera District,  a three day International Conference on health financing in collaboration with it

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