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WHO urges govts to strengthen the role of traditional health practitioners in preventing HIV infection
Brazzaville, 31 August 2005 -- The World Health Organization has called on African governments, civil society, NGOs and development partners operating in the region to strengthen the role of African traditional medi…
Read moreMozambique to host WHO Regional Committee meeting
Maputo, 1 August 2005 -- The fifty-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa is scheduled to take place from 22 to 26 August in Maputo , Mozambique . This year's meeting o…
Read moreWHO appoints Dr Pascoal Mocumbi as Goodwill Ambassador for maternal newborn and child health in the African Region
Brazzaville, 4 July 2005 -- The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) has appointed Dr Pascal Mocumbi of Mozambique as the Goodwill Ambassador for maternal, newborn and child health, with s…
Read moreWHO makes progress in leprosy control, but challenges remain
Brazzaville, 30 June 2005 -- The World Health Organization (WHO), working with partners and governments of endemic countries, has recorded appreciable progress in combating leprosy in the African Region. However, mo…
Read moreWHO/AFRO plans to designate 2006 as “Year of Accelerated Prevention of HIV in Africa”.
Brazzaville, 16 June 2005 -- The WHO Regional Office for Africa plans to designate 2006 as the “Year of Accelerated Prevention of HIV in Africa”. This indication was given by the WHO Regional Director for Africa,…
Read moreDr Sambo urges more voluntary unpaid blood donations in Africa
Brazzaville, 10 June 2005 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has appealed to health authorities in the region to promote and intensify the collection of blood from voluntary unpaid blood donors thro…
Read moreDr Mahler calls for “frontal attack” on poverty, urges “distributive justice” in health care
Brazzaville, 8 June 2005 -- WHO Director-General Emeritus, Dr Halfdan Mahler, has made an impassioned plea to the international community to stage a “frontal attack on poverty” while at the same time earnestly embra…
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