Brazzaville, 30 August 2004 -- African countries must reposition family planning services if they are to significantly reduce maternal mortality in the region, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in a report. …
Read moreBrazzaville, 27 August 2004 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, has called on western-trained doctors, pharmacists and other modern health practitioners to respect and promote traditional medicine…
Read moreBrazzaville, 11 August 2004 -- An editorial in the August 7 issue of The Lancet painted a bleak picture of the work of WHO in the African Region, giving the impression that WHO is not recording any successes there. …
Read moreBrazzaville, 23 April 2004 -- Dr Ebrahim Malick Samba, WHO Regional Director for Africa has urged Member States to intensify anti-malaria activities, in order to achieve the objectives of the Abuja Declaration adopt…
Read moreBrazzaville, 17 April 2004 -- The progress on the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Sub Saharan Africa indicates that the goals for poverty reduction would not be realized until 2147 and for …
Read moreNairobi, 16 April 2004 -- Oral health is an integral part of general health. Oral diseases directly affect quality of life. They have a serious impact on an individual's well being and ability to fulfil desired func…
Read moreNairobi, 16 April 2004 -- Oral diseases, although not always life-threatening, remain a major public health problem in the African region because of their high prevalence and significant impact on general health. …
Read moreNairobi, 16 April 2004 -- The conference on oral health in Africa, held from 14 to 16 April in the Kenyan capital, ended Friday with the adoption of the Nairobi Declaration on Oral Health. Highlights of…
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