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Malaria is no longer leading cause of death among children in sub-Saharan Africa

21 August 2016, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Today, all forty-seven WHO Member States in the African Region adopted unanimously a new malaria framework for Africa.

Ministers of health commit to make Africa a region in which everyone can live a long, healthy and productive life

Protecting people from disease outbreaks and other health emergencies in Africa and beyond

Ethiopia conference to consider $106.8M strategy for WHO to tackle disease outbreaks and other health emergencies in Africa

African health ministers to endorse regional oral health strategy for 2016-2025

African governments urged to prioritise health in their development efforts

Yellow fever vaccination campaign starts in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

(L-R) Dr Rex Mpazanje of WHO, Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of State for Health and Professor Adewole at the press briefing

Nigeria declares polio outbreak as a national public health emergency.

Abuja, 18 August 2016 - The Honourable Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole has declared the recent polio outbreak as a national public health emergency following the &nb