The World Health Organization (WHO) commemorates World Salt Awareness Week from 16 to 22 March, 2015 under the theme ‘less salt please’. This year’s theme highlights the importance of eating out healthy. Most peo…
Read more11 March 2015 ¦ GENEVA - WHO and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are combining their forces in a new partnership in the Ebola-affected countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The arrangement com…
Read moreBrazzaville, 6 March 2015 – In efforts to prevent vaccine preventable diseases, health experts concluded a four-day meeting from 2 to 5 March that aimed to ensure that every child in the African Region has access to…
Read moreGeneva, 5 March 2015 -- Based on promising data from initial clinical trials in late 2014, WHO with the Health Ministry of Guinea, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Epicentre and The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (N…
Read moreAfrica is long known for high rates of hunger, undernutrition and infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS but a disturbing new threat of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) associated with overweight, obesity and diet-related NCDs…
Read moreConakry, 25 February 2015 –- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, arrived Conakry this afternoon for a working visit. She was welcomed by the Minister of Social Action, Women’s Advancement and Chil…
Read moreConakry, 26 February 2015 - This morning, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, during her stay in Guinea, visited the Coyah Ebola Treatment Centre. The Centre, situated 50km from Conakry, was opene…
Read moreConakry, 25 February 2015 – In an audience with the President of the Republic of Guinea, on 25 February 2015, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, expressed sincere congratulations to President Alp…
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