Nairobi, 22 October -- Kenya's Public Health Minister, Prof. Sam Ongeri, has commended the World Health Organization for responding to the Reproductive Health challenges facing the African Region by establishing an …
Read moreNairobi, 22 October --- African governments and other stakeholders with an interest in Reproductive Health have been urged to go beyond piecemeal activities and embrace comprehensive and coordinated approaches, in c…
Read moreNew York -- The World Health Organization and the United Nations Department of Public Information are organizing an exhibition on Poverty and Health: Challenges to Development in Africa at the UN headquart…
Read moreSierra Leone is in the midst of its worst cholera outbreak in 15 years. As of 19 September, there were more than 19 000 cases reported and 274 deaths. WHO and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have established a chol…
Read moreBrazzaville/Nairob, 8 February 2002: The UN agencies involved in the global effort to eradicate polio are helping to plan a major immunization drive in western Zambia and eastern Angola, in response to three polio c…
Read moreHarare-- The World Health Organization (WHO) and its 46 Member States in the African Region focused on the broad determinants of health and disease during the 2000-2001 biennium and were thus better able to bring about l…
Read moreMali: Fighting the Ebola virus disease outbreak
Read moreIn an effort to interrupt further spread of the Ebola virus in the shortest possible time, the World Health Organization convened a special meeting of Ministers of Health of eleven (11) countries and partners involved in…
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