It’s been ten days since Jean René* lost his brother to Ebola virus disease (EVD). "My brother’s wife has come to live with my family," said Jean René, who lives in a community about 20 kilometers north of Mbandaka, t…
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) and World Bank Group today launched a new mechanism to strengthen global health security through stringent independent monitoring and regular reporting of preparedness to tackle outbreaks, pandemics, and other emergencies with health consequences.
Read moreWorld Health Assembly delegates today agreed an ambitious new strategic plan for the next five years. The Organization’s 13th General Programme of Work (GPW) is designed to help the world achieve the Sustainable Development Goals – with a particular focus on SDG3: ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing for all at all ages by 2030.
Read moreEbola outbreak Delegates to the World Health Assembly heard today that the next few weeks would tell whether the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo would continue to expand to urban areas or could …
Read moreEfforts to transform the WHO in the African Region to become the organization that staff and stakeholders want is making an impact to the health of people across the region. The strengthened realignment to health priorities and effective response to over 100 disease outbreaks and humanitarian disasters each year are some of the more important results of the ambitious reform program which begun in 2015.
Read moreMore than 30 million children under 5 fall ill and half a million die from vaccine-preventable diseases. WHO’s business case for immunization demonstrates how achieving universal immunization coverage could save 1.9 million lives and generate $US 13 billion in economic benefits each year.
Read moreThe Democratic Republic of Congo with support of WHO starts using the Ebola vaccine. So far more than 47 000 people at high risk of the disease have been vaccinated.
Read moreThe 1st meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) (2005) regarding the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo took place on Friday 18 May 2018, from 11:00 to 14:00 Geneva time (CET).
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