Brazzaville, 12 January 2006 --The first conference on preparedness and response to pandemic influenza in the African Region has been inaugurated by the Regional Director for WHO African Region, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, in t…
Read moreBrazzaville, 21 November 2005 -- The WHO Regional Office for Africa has convened the Fifth Meeting of the WHO Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine which is taking place in Brazzaville, Congo, from 21 to…
Read moreBrazzaville, 8 November 2005 -- Seven United Nations Agencies, meeting in Brazzaville last week, adopted a ten-point Declarationto support countries in the African Region to accelerate HIV prevention. The jo…
Read moreBrazzaville, 3 November 2005 -- Representatives of WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA and UNIFEM today began a consultation in Brazzaville on ways of supporting countries to accelerate the prevention of HIV in…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 November 2005 -- The World Health Organization is spearheading an unprecedented initiative to partner with sister UN agencies to accelerate the prevention of HIV infection in Africa in 2006. Repres…
Read moreAfrica takes action to overcome challenges for HIV vaccine development 17 OCTOBER 2005 | YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON -- A ministerial level meeting is set to review the current status of HIV vaccine research and developmen…
Read moreFood and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization: Joint Statement Geneva/Rome, 6 October 2005 -- The first pan-African food safety meeting attended by 147 food regulation officials and experts from som…
Read moreHarare, 4 October 2005 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has pledged to continue to provide technical assistance for improved surveillance and food safety monitoring in Africa with a view to reducing ill health…
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