WHO and Africa CDC jointly convened the Third Annual Technical Review and Planning Meeting on the Health Workforce in August 2026, bringing together health workforce experts from 37 Member States across the WHO African Region. The meeting reviewed progress on National Health Workforce Accounts and regional health workforce commitments, following the 2026 State of Health Workforce in Africa report.
Read moreWHO and Africa CDC co-convened the first-ever training on Budget Negotiations for Health Workforce Investments and Policy Reforms, bringing together 71 Directors of Human Resources for Health from 37 Member States across Africa. The training strengthened countries' capacity to translate health workforce evidence into credible, costed budget proposals to secure increased domestic investment for the health workforce.
Read moreBunia—When Dr Patrick Oparpio, a gynaecologist in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, began to experience symptoms like those of Ebola disease, he never imagined he would become a patient himself. In…
Read moreAddis Ababa—The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa has launched the Regional Health Data Hub (RDHUB) that brings together health information from across the region to facilitate access, analysis a…
Read moreAddis Ababa—Ministers of Health from 10 African countries have signed a Cross-Border Collaboration Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen coordination, information-sharing and joint preparedness and response to …
Read moreNyankunde—In areas affected by the Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak, gaining the trust of communities remains essential. Rumours, fear of Ebola treatment centres and safe burial practices, as well as reluctance to…
Read moreMongbwalu, Democratic Republic of the Congo—In the stifling heat of Mongbwalu General Reference Hospital in Ituri Province, the epicentre of the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the cla…
Read moreWHO’s Regional Office for Africa launched the Regional Health Data Hub, a digital platform bringing together fragmented health data into actionable intelligence for all 47 Member States of the African Region.
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