Cape Town, 13 July 2015 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has brought together 200 high-level experts from governments, development agencies, civil society and international organizations to make the world a saf…
Read moreRecovery in West Africa needs more urgency as the region’s battered systems have limited capacity to reactivate essential health services | NEW YORK/GENEVA/BRAZZAVILLE (06 July, 2015) — In the lead-up to a m…
Read moreBrazzaville, 30 June 2015 – High ranking officials from the African Union Commission (AUC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting in Brazzaville to take stock of their collaborative efforts to improve t…
Read moreMauritius 26 June 2015 – The fifth meeting of Ministers of Health of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the WHO African Region ended with delegates agreeing on a range of concrete actions to tackle their commo…
Read moreMauritius, 24 June 2015 – Health Ministers from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the African Region have begun a meeting today in Mauritius to take stock of the health of their people and chart a way forward…
Read moreBrazzaville, 23 June 2015 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, will be in Mauritius from 24-26 June 2015 to address the Fifth meeting of African Ministers of Health of Small Islands Developing Sta…
Read moreBrazzaville, 23 June 2015 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, will be in Mauritius from 24-26 June 2015 to address the Fifth meeting of African Ministers of Health of Small Islands Developin…
Read moreThe vast, forbidding landscapes of Namibia and the traditional nature of many of its tribal groups contribute to high rates of maternal and infant mortality. The country’s under-five mortality rate of 54 per 1000 live bi…
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