The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa has welcomed the announcement that trials of a malaria candidate vaccine shows promising results by providing protection against clinical malaria in children. T…
Read more19 Country Synchronized Polio Campaign Joint GPEI / IFRC Factsheet – March 2010 Since the second half of 2008, a polio outbreak originating in northern Nigeria has been spreading in West Africa. The outbreak alread…
Read moreWomen's health is recognized as a human rights issue and should be promoted and defended as such. Women in Africa represent slightly over 50% of the continent's human resources and so women's health has huge implications…
Read moreKey facts Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide. In 2015, 10.4 million people fell ill with TB and 1.8 million died from the disease (including 0.4 million among people with HIV). Over …
Read moreA staggering 95% of people infected with hepatitis B or C around the world do not know they are infected. One reason for this is that people can live without symptoms for many years. When they find out they have hepatiti…
Read moreBrazzaville, 10 March 2014 – The 5th Inter-Agency Meeting on Coordination and Harmonization of HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria strategies in Africa was held on Friday 7 March 2014 in Brazzaville, the Republi…
Read moreTheme: “Towards a Polio-free Africa.” The specific objectives of this conference are: To review the progress in implementation of immunization programme activities in the Region and propose the way forward;…
Read moreRegional Consultation on the roles and responsibilities of WHO and civil society organizations in the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases in the African Region Intercontinental Hotel, Balaclav…
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