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Press releases

Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify:  WHO report
Africa’s health workforce expands but shortages, unemployment and migration intensify: WHO report
Africa’s routine vaccine systems deliver gains against cancer and malaria, but funding pressures loom
Africa’s routine vaccine systems deliver gains against cancer and malaria, but funding pressures loom
Trusting science to protect tomorrow’s health: An interview with Professor Francine Ntoumi (Congo)
Trusting science to protect tomorrow’s health: An interview with Professor Francine Ntoumi (Congo)
Science serving lives: Interview with Dr. Alice Guingané, public health researcher (Burkina Faso)
Science serving lives: Interview with Dr. Alice Guingané, public health researcher (Burkina Faso)

Feature stories

Specialized services for severe chronic diseases now closer to communities in Cameroon
Specialized services for severe chronic diseases now closer to communities in Cameroon
Régina Patricia Pepa : au plus près de la vie, malgré les défis
Regina Patricia Pepa: Central African Republic midwife taking on challenges to help women in
Est de la RDC : un soutien qui renforce la sensibilisation et l’autonomisation des patients face au diabète
Eastern DRC: Support that strengthens continuity of diabetes care
Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)
Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)

Spotlight

RDT testing for COVID-19
Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
WHO delivers assorted lifesaving medical supplies to Mayom County in the Greater Unity Region to support flood affected communities.
WHO takes health care services directly to South Sudan’s flood-affected communities in Mayom County
A health worker gives medication to a patient.  Kenya has embarked on a extensive evidence-based approach to root out TB
Kenya embarks on new approach to prioritize future TB actions

Multimedia

WHO AFRO prevents, detects and responds to health emergencies in the African region
Strengthening Women's Cancer Care Through…
Kenya broadens sexual and reproductive health…
16 million children protected in Kenya's…
La Stratégie de Coopération Pays de l'OMS…
Eliane Gasoni: ma motivation de donneur de sang
Donner du sang est un acte de solidarité

Events

2nd Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum, 6 – 8 May 2026, Accra, Ghana

Regional meeting 2026, April 27–29, Nairobi, Kenya

27 April 2026

World Health Day 2026

7 April 2026

The 3rd International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa (ICPPA 2026)

12 March 2026