Regional Committee Sessions

The Seventy-fourth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa will be held in-person in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 26 to 30 August 2024.
The Seventy-third session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 26 August to 1 September 2023 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa.
The Seventy-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a hybrid format from 22 to 26 August 2022 under Special procedures for the conduct of the hybrid session of the Regional Committee for Africa.
The Seventy-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in a virtual format from 24 to 26 August 2021under Special procedures for the conduct of the virtual session of the Regional Committee for Africa.
The virtual session of the 70th Regional Committee for Africa will be held on 25 August 2020, starting at 09:30 hours GMT + 1. The virtual session will be held under the Special procedures to regulate the conduct of the virtual session of the Regional Committee for Africa. Two key events will be held during the virtual session, firstly on the COVID-19 response in the region, and secondly on Celebrating certification of wild poliovirus eradication in the WHO African Region.
The Sixty-ninth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, from 19 to 23 August 2019. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region.
The Sixty-eighth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa was held place in Dakar, capital of the Republic of Senegal, land of the Teranga, from 27 to 31 August 2018 at the King Fahd Hotel. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region
The Sixty-seventh session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, from 28 August to 01 September 2017. The egional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region.

The Sixty-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 19 to 23 August 2016. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region.

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The Sixty-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place in N'Djamena, Chad, from 23 to 27 November 2015. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region.

The sixty-fourth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place in Cotonou, Republic of Benin from 3 to 7 November 2014. The Regional Committee, comprising health Ministers from the 47 countries in the Region, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti of

The sixty-third session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place from 2 to 6 September 2013 in the Republic of Congo. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from the Member States, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region. Its purpose is to set policy and approve

The sixty-second session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place from 19 to 23 November 2012 in the Republic of Angola. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from 46 Member States, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region. Its purpose is to set policy and approve

The sixty-first session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place from 29 August to 2 September 2011 in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire.

The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from 46 Member States, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region. Its purpose is to set policy

The sixtieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa took place from 30 August to 3 September in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The Regional Committee, comprising health ministers from 46 Member States, is the Governing Body of WHO in the African Region. Its purpose is to set policy and approve

The Regional Committee appointed a Subcommittee on Nominations consisting of the representatives of the following 12 Member States: Cape Verde, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Madagascar and Nigeria.

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on

The Subcommittee on Nominations which met on 1 September 2008 was composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Algeria, Botswana, Chad, Comoros, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Senegal and Zambia.

Delegates of the following Member States could not attend: Nigeria, Rwanda,Sierra Leone and

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on 27 August 2007, and was composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Guinea‐Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Uganda and Zimbabwe. Mauritius was unable to

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on Monday, 28 August 2006, and was composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Angola, Benin, Comoros, (Republic of) Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Lesotho, Mauritius, Senegal, Seychelles and Togo. Although proposed, Ghana could not attend.

The

The Regional Committee appointed a Subcommittee on Nominations composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Madagascar, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, South Africa and Zambia.

The Subcommittee met

The Subcommittee on Nominations which met on Monday, 30 August 2004, was composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Angola, Benin, Comoros, (Republic of) Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Lesotho, Mauritania, Senegal, Seychelles and Togo.

The Subcommittee elected the

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on Monday, 30 August 1999, and was composed of the representatives of the following Member States: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Liberia, Mozambique, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia...

Forty-ninth Session of the WHO

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on Monday, 1 September 1997 and was composed of the representatives of 12 Member States: Cameroon, Congo (Republic of), Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, The Gambia, Mali, Kenya, Lesotho, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe and Senegal...

Forty-seventh Session of

The Subcommittee on Nominations met on Wednesday, 4 September 1996 and was composed of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Madagascar, Mali, Seychelles, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Subcommittee elected Honourable Jacquelin

The Regional Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations made up of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Eritrea, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Swaziland...

Forty-fifth Session of the WHO Regional

The Regional Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations composed of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria and South Africa. It elected Dr N. Mapetla (Lesotho)

The Regional Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations composed of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania and Mauritius. The Sub-Committee elected Dr H. Ntaba (Malawi) as

The Regional Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations composed of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya and Lesotho. The Sub-Committee elected Dr Manlan Kassi Leopold

The Sub-Committee on Nominations met on Thursday, 5 September 1991, and was composed of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Botswana, Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Tanzania. The Sub-Committee elected Dr L

In accordance with Rule 3 of the Rules of Procedure and resolution AFR/RC25/R17, the Regional Committee appointed Sub-Committee on Credentials consisting of the representatives of the following 12 Member States: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia

The Regional Sub-Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations consisting of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Angola, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritania, Mauritius and Mozambique. Dr Louis Adande Menest (Gabon) was elected as

The Regional Committee appointed a Sub-Committee on Nominations consisting of representatives of the following 12 Member States: Botswana, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania. The Honourable J. L. T. Mothibamele (Botswana) was

The Sub-Committee on Nominations met on Wednesday, 11 September 1985, and was composed of representatives of the following countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mauritania, Seychelles, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Sub-Committee elected Dr J.C