Harare, 6 October 2004 - Two major studies on the interface between the use of hormonal contraception and HIV infection are currently being finalized and will be released in early 2005, a South African researcher in…
Read moreHarare, 5 October 2004-- Maternal mortality is a "silent emergency" claiming the lives of millions of African women and reversing otherwise impressive post-independence socioeconomic gains recorded in countries in the Af…
Read moreHarare, 5 October 2004 - The third meeting of the African Reproductive Health Task Force was officially opened Tuesday in Harare, Zimbabwe, with a call on African countries and the international community at large t…
Read moreWHAT: Third Regional Reproductive Health Task Force meeting. WHERE: Sheraton Hotel (Room Jacaranda 1), Harare WHEN: 4-8 October 2004. The opening session will take place on Monday 4 October with comments by Officia…
Read moreBrazzaville, 20 September 2004-- The out-going WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the just-concluded 54th session of the Regional Committee meeting in Brazz…
Read moreBrazzaville, 4 September -- Nigeria has re-affirmed its commitment to the global goal of polio eradication and announced three rounds of national immunization campaigns between this month and the end of 2004. "Th…
Read moreBrazzaville, 3 September 2004 --- The fifty-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended Friday in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, after nominating a new Regional Director and adopting resolutions a…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Child and sexual abuse can be prevented and better managed through a set of priority interventions such as vigorous advocacy and communication, enhanced law enforcement and the devel…
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