28 September 2015 - The World Health Organization (WHO), The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) unite in urging countries to develop app…
Read moreConakry, 2015, Décember 29 - Today, the 29th of December, it’s been forty-two days since the newborn and last confirmed case of Ebola, was released cured from the Ebola treatment unit of Nongo, in Conakry. The …
Read more9 December 2015 ¦ Brussels - New estimates from WHO show a significant increase in the number of countries moving towards malaria elimination, with prevention efforts saving millions of dollars in healthcare co…
Read more4 December 2015 - With Ethiopia in the grip of its worst drought in 30 years due to El Niño, the World Health Organization (WHO) deployed an emergency response team to support the Ethiopian Ministry of Health and pa…
Read moreIn United Republic of Tanzania poor communities reliant on crops and livestock are seeing their livelihoods and food security wrecked by unexpected weather patterns, such as increasing temperatures, late rainfall onset a…
Read moreHarare, 27 November 2015 –The world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years, according to a new World Health …
Read more26 November 2015: “I was on my way home from the school when my bus came under fire,” says 11-year-old Niatou Christy Judicael, who was injured in both legs on 4 November when his bus was shot at with automatic weap…
Read moreHealth ministers from the WHO African Region have endorsed a new strategy aimed at creating an enabling policy environment for conducting and utilizing high quality research to tackle the enormous health needs in the African Region.
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