2016 marks the beginning of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) era. Ethiopia is making progress in tackling tuberculosis (TB), the leading infectious disease killer along with HIV. It is committed to reaching the SD…
Read moreGuinea, (Nzérékoré), 18 March 2016 - Two cases of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) out of four suspected cases admitted at the Nzérékoré Ebola Treatment Centre have just been confirmed. All the cases are from the same famil…
Read moreBrazzaville, 18 March 2016 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti will begin a 4 day official visit to China from 22 to 25 March 2016 at the invitation of the Chinese government. The visit is ai…
Read moreAbidjan, 3 March 2016 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti concluded a three day official visit to Cote d’Ivoire yesterday. The visit began on Monday 29 February and was aimed at further stren…
Read moreCape Town, 25 January 2016 – A historic five-day workshop organized jointly by WHO, UNICEF and JSI, MCSP/USAID on Exchange of Best Practices to Reaching Every District/Community (REC), equity and integration of chil…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 25 February 2016 – With one in five African children lacking access to all needed and basic life-saving vaccines, ministers of health and other line ministers countries committed themselves to keep immu…
Read moreOfficials at Addis conference plan transition from mass campaigns to use in childhood immunization programs to prevent resurgence of deadly epidemics ADDIS ABABA, 23 February 2016 - Global vaccine experts and off…
Read moreAhead of first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa, new report highlights progress and challenges toward providing universal access to immunization World Health Organization and African Union call on…
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