Cotonou, Benin 5 November 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called on countries in the WHO African Region to accelerate the progress of implementation of the…
Read moreCotonou, 6 November 2014 - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has suggested that countries in the African Region should establish strong and well-resourced surve…
Read moreCotonou, Benin. 5 November 2014 - Countries in the WHO African Region have resolved to stop the spread of polio, and eliminate measles, tetanus in newborn babies and control other vaccine preventable diseases. It is…
Read moreCotonou, 5 November 2014 – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed key actions to be implemented by countries in the African Region to tackle the Ebola v…
Read moreCotonou, Benin, 5 November 2014 - Dr Matshidiso Moeti of the Republic of Botswana was today nominated to be the next World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa. Health Ministers from the 47 Countries that c…
Read moreAs the Ebola outbreak grows and spreads, a small but significant group of people is also growing - the Ebola survivors. Emerging shell-shocked from what one described as a "glimpse of hell", the survivors have not found …
Read more31 October 2014 - WHO has conducted a formal review of personal protective equipment (PPE) guidelines for healthcare workers and is updating its guidelines in the context of the current Ebola outbreak. The updated g…
Read moreSecond Africa Regional Health Report Launched Cotonou, 3 November 2014 - Good governance, health in all policies, data-driven decision-making and proper staff remuneration are some of the proven critical actions …
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