With dramatic increases in funding and intense momentum towards reducing the malaria burden in recent years, we have a greater need for reliable information and analysis," said WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan. "Th…
Read moreYaoundé, 2 September 2008 - A decade ago, governments in the WHO African Region adopted a strategy to improve the oral health (ORH) of their people; but, ten years on, significant challenges still hamper its progres…
Read moreBrazzaville, 19 May 2008 -- Elimination of malaria is perhaps not imminent but the debate taking place worldwide on the urgent need to accelerate efforts to control malaria and eventually eliminate it opens up new prospe…
Read moreHarare, 25 September 2007 -- The African Region will be the first of WHO’s six regions to take tangible action in integrating oral health into other chronic diseases programmes. This was the key outcome of an exp…
Read moreMarburg haemorrhagic fever is a severe and highly fatal disease caused by a virus from the same family as the one that causes Ebola haemorrhagic fever. Both diseases are rare, but can cause dramatic outbreaks with high f…
Read moreBrazzaville 25 April, 2007 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called for increased support from the international community to countries in the African region to fight malaria. “It is imperative tha…
Read more WHAT:Africa Malaria Day WHEN: Wednesday 25 April 2007 WHERE: The Day will be observed in all endemic African countries and by the malaria control community world wide. The ‘regional’ event for observing the D…
Read moreLilongwe, 29 March 2007 -- Strategic collaboration among health practitioners is pivotal if southern African countries are to make significant headway in combating the region’s most daunting health challenges - Tuberculo…
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