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Africa regional conference on financing universal health coverage & health security held

Africa regional conference on financing universal health coverage & health security held

Accra, Ghana - The Africa Regional Conference on Financing Universal…
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Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen, October 9-14, 2023

Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen

Eritrea is one of the first countries in the WHO/AFRO region that…
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Dr Susan Tembo WHO Representative Eswatini (left) at the event looking on while Fikile Hlatjwayo narrates her cancer journey.

"Closing the care gap - the role of families" in Breast Cancer battle.

The Ministry of Health, Cancer Unit has recorded 577 cases of cancer…
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Participants of the four-day capacity-building workshop on integrated polio surveillance

African Region Gains Momentum in Polio Surveillance Capacity Building

Banjul, The Gambia – In a landmark event held in The Gambia, a four-…
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Participants of the four-day capacity-building workshop on integrated polio surveillance

African Region Gains Momentum in Polio Surveillance Capacity Building

Banjul, The Gambia – In a landmark event held in The Gambia, a four-…
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Teacher’s mental health support gives pupil new reason to hope

Teacher’s mental health support gives pupil new reason to hope

Accra, Ghana – When Cynthia Adjei* had an episode of an acute mental…
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Group photo of key figures in mental health advocacy.

World Mental Health Day Commemoration: Mental is a universal human right, "Our Minds, Our Rights"

On October 10, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) South Africa…
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Michel Amani, who heads the CAMPSY project

Côte d'Ivoire religious groups get support to enhance mental health care

Bouake – In Côte d’Ivoire, popular beliefs often associate mental…
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Group photo of key figures in mental health advocacy.

World Mental Health Day Commemoration: Mental is a universal human right, "Our Minds, Our Rights"

On October 10, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) South Africa…
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Zimbabwe Launches 4th Round of Polio Vaccination Campaign

By Vivian Mugarisi Zimbabwe has embarked on the final phase of its…
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