News Releases

21 August 2017

African Health Ministers to discuss ways to improve the health and well-being of people

Health Ministers from the World Health Organization’s (WHO) African Region will be gathering in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe from 20 August – 1 September for the annual WHO Regional Committee for Africa to discuss a range of strategies and actions aimed at improving the health and well-being of people in the Region. The Regional Committee is the Organization’s highest decision-making body on health in the Region and its decisions have over the years contributed immensely in the region’s health development.

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21 August 2017 | Emergencies

Preventing spread of disease in wake of mudslides is vital, says WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in the wake of last week’s mudslides and flooding in Freetown. The Organization is also working with partners to ensure ongoing health care for the injured and displaced, and to provide psychological aid to those coping with trauma.

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26 July 2017

WCO Tanzania takes the Transformation Agenda forwards

The Transformation Agenda is a programme for accelerating the implementation of WHO reform within the WHO African Region. It is a vision and a strategy for change aimed at facilitating the emergence of “the WHO that the staff and stakeholders want”. Its objective is to improve delivery of results with clearer links to better health outcomes in countries, focusing on countries’ health priorities in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals.

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26 July 2017

Partners agree to harmonise actions to improve the effectiveness of humanitarian efforts

Organisations involved in managing health emergencies and disease outbreaks in the African Region have agreed on better ways of coordinating their activities in the event of a crisis so as to save more lives and resources.

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21 July 2017 | Cholera

The World Health Organization boosts health support for Zanzibar

The World Health Organization Country Representative in Tanzania, Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, visited Zanzibar as part of the continuing WHO support. Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of the Untied Republic of Tanzania, located 25 to 50 kilometers from the mainland. It consists of two main islands, Unguja (the main island) and Pemba and several small ones.

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20 July 2017

Extending health coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

13 July 2017 – In the Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, going to a health centre often means traveling long distances over poor roads, while carrying a sick child and supplies. WHO’s Rapid Acce…

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19 July 2017

WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade

19 July 2017 – In a new report published today, WHO finds that about 4.7 billion people, or 63% of the world’s population, are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control measure. Strategies such as graphic pac…

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19 July 2017

Un rapport de l’OMS conclut à une extension spectaculaire en 10 ans des politiques de lutte antitabac qui sauvent des vies

4,7 milliards de personnes, soit 63 % de la population mondiale, sont protégées par des mesures telles que les mises en garde illustrées, les lieux publics non-fumeurs et d’autres encore

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