Brazzaville, 16 August 2011 - The sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa is to be held from 29 August to 2 September 2011 in Yamoussoukro, Cote d’Ivoire. This year’s meeting of the Regional …
Read moreThe Horn of Africa is facing its worst drought in over 50 years; child malnutrition rates are more than double or triple the 15% emergency threshold and are expected to rise. Malnourished children are more prone to si…
Read moreLuanda, 12 August 2011– An outbreak of an unknown illness has been reported among children and students in schools in Angola. In most cases the illness has occurred suddenly followed by the resolution of symptoms within …
Read moreBrazzaville, 11 August 2016 – As the number of yellow fever cases decline in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the World Health Organization calls on Governments and partners to capitalize on the mo…
Read moreBrazzaville, 20 June 2011 -- The WHO Regional Office for Africa releases the Report "HIV in the WHO African Region: 2011 update - progress towards achieving the universal access to priority health sector interv…
Read more31 May to 03 June 2011 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, WHO Regional Director for Africa, concluded an important 2-day official visit to the headquarters of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, Washington. Thr…
Read moreBrazzaville, 30 May 2011 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has re-iterated his appeal to all Member States in the Region to ratify and implement the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. …
Read more24 May 2011 -- In her closing address Director-General Dr Margaret Chan praised delegates for consensus on issues that profoundly affect public health. Apart from discussions on unprecedented reforms at WHO, Member …
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