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WHO AFRO Strengthens Legal Capacity for Tobacco Control Through Advanced Training Partnership with McCabe Centre
WHO AFRO Strengthens Legal Capacity for Tobacco Control Through Advanced Training Partnership with McCabe Centre
Health professions regulatory bodies, education leaders and technical experts from across the African Region have reached a landmark consensus on the Africa Health Professions Education Quality Standards (AHPEQS), establishing a shared continental framework to strengthen the quality, relevance and responsiveness of health professional training.
Health profession regulators agree on education quality standards in Africa
From data to decisions: strengthening health security in Africa
From data to decisions: strengthening health security in Africa
Southern Africa faces acute surge in cholera due to floods, displacement
Southern Africa faces acute surge in cholera due to floods, displacement

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Cleaner markets for safer food in Cameroon
Cleaner markets for safer food in Cameroon
Sierra Leone strengthens management of severe mpox complications
Sierra Leone strengthens management of severe mpox complications
When Words Heal: The Impact of a Listening Space in Timbedra
When words heal: The impact of a listening space in Timbedra, Mauritania
Ensuring food safety to protect lives in Cameroon
Ensuring food safety to protect lives in Cameroon

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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

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WHO AFRO prevents, detects and responds to health emergencies in the African region
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Events

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

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

12 March 2026

Shaping the Next Global Strategy on Digital Health (2028–2033): African Region Stake...

12 February 2026

Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO R...

17 October 2025