Geneva, Switzerland – During the Interministerial Meeting on Polio in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, held on the sidelines of the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA79) on 20 May 2026, countries reaffirmed their comm…
Read moreNairobi—Fifty-year-old Milton Oloo has worked as a cargo loading agent at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya for the last 30 years. Although he handles several tonnes of cargo daily, every now and agai…
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Medicines Agency (AMA) have signed a Framework Agreement for Collaboration, marking a major milestone in efforts to strengthen regulatory systems and improve access to safe, effective and quality-assured health products across Africa.
Read moreBrazzaville – As countries across the African region intensify preparedness and response measures against the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts and supporting the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s government to rapidly establish and scale up critical measures to control and halt the outbreak of Ebola in the country’s north-eastern Ituri Province
Read moreAs part of efforts to support the ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization convened governments, partners and technical agencies to align response priorities and reinforce preparedness across affected and neighbouring countries.
Read moreThe World Health Organization (WHO) is rapidly scaling up support to the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo following confirmation of an outbreak of Ebola Bundibugyo in the country’s north-eastern Ituri Province.
Read moreMbéni – Elhabib Mmadi Ali has been a state-registered nurse since 2018. After specializing in emergency care in 2019, he joined the Mbéni Medical and Surgical Centre (CMC) in the Hamahamet region of Comoros. One year lat…
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