A meeting to develop a roadmap and common strategy for accelerating and monitoring the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) related to maternal and newborn health will be held from 16 to 18 February in H…
Read moreBrazzaville, 5 February 2004 -- The World Health Organization has re-iterated its call to Member States in the African Region to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), often referred to as female circumcision." …
Read moreNew York, 3 February 2004 -- In observance of Africa Health Day, the World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF)1, Africare2 and Medilinks3, is orga…
Read moreBrazzaville, 3 February 2004 -- A technical consultation to review the national profiles on the status of children's environmental health in six African countries is to take place from 4 to 6 February in Cape Town, …
Read moreBrazzaville -- The Swiss foundation "Winds of Hope" is to make US$2 million available to the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) over a five year period in support of efforts to combat noma -…
Read moreLUANDA, 09 December 2003 -- The 11th meeting of the Task Force on Immunization (TFI) in Africa and the 10th meeting of the Africa Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Committee (ARICC) ended on Friday, December 5, 200…
Read moreLUANDA - African leaders have been called upon to redouble efforts to ensure that polio is eradicated from the continent by the set target of 2005 by the Angolan Prime Minister Fernando da Piedade, at the opening se…
Read moreLuanda, - Task Force on Immunisation Chairman Prof Francis Nkrumah called on African governments to make concerted efforts in political and resources commitment towards immunization to rid the continent of vaccine preven…
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