In 2015, the WHO Regional Office for Africa embarked on a Transformation Agenda, aiming to be fit-for-purpose for our countries and health development stakehold…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in a permanent state of alert and equipped with high detection capacity to combat Ebola virus disease. Thanks to WHO and…
Titus Mwanza from Zambia is a former tobacco farmer who swapped to food crops four years ago. He is now an advocate for Tobacco-Free Farms, a joint initiativ…
Unusually heavy downpours during Kenya’s main rainy season have triggered massive flooding across the country. To date, almost 55 000 households have been di…
The goal is to achieve zero cases of leprosy, zero disability and zero discrimination. The country is implementing various strategies, including early detect…
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that kills thousands of people around the world every year. In 2023, more than 260,000 cases were recorded, but accordi…
The Ministry of Health, Republic of Liberia will be launching a 4-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign. Here is an important message from the&…
With a bold target of halving the African region’s critical 6.1-million health workforce shortage by 2030, the African Health Workforce Investment Charter will …
