Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, started her first official three-day visit to the Republic of Congo on 14 February to enhance cooperation on strengthening the country’s health system.
Read moreThe World Health Organization is scaling up its response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, which has spread to 17 states and may have infected up to 450 people in less than five weeks.
Read moreSouth Sudan declares the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak. WHO worked with partners to vaccinate more than 885 000 people at high risk, as well as providing other support to the government.
Read moreMaiduguri, Nigeria 07 February 2018 – World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and other partners are supporting the Federal Government and Borno State Ministry of Health to vaccinate more than 1.2 million internally disp…
Read moreThe Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) launch “Free to Shine” which aims to end HIV in babies and keep their mothers healthy. WHO is supporting the campaign’s monitoring and evaluation.
Read moreDr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director (RD) for Africa participated in the official opening ceremony of the annual AU summit which kicked off.
Read moreThe Government of Nigeria will launch a mass vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of yellow fever on Thursday (January 25) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. More than 25 million people will be vaccinated throughout 2018, in the largest yellow fever vaccination drive in the country’s history.
Read moreThe Hexavalent Vaccine, a six-in-one vaccine protecting babies against diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), poliomyelitis, Haemophilus influenza type B and hepatitis B was launched on 09 January 2017 at Dr M. Hyderkhan Mediclinic in Plaine Verte, Mauritius, in the presence of the Minister of Health and Quality of Life, Dr Anwar Husnoo, the Minister of Gender Equality, Child Development and Family Welfare, Mrs Roubina Jadoo-Jaunbocus, Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative in Mauritius and other eminent staff of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life.
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