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Addis Ababa, 30 August 2006-- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed measures to check sickle-cell diseas

Addis Ababa, 29 August 2006-- Low investment in health, huge out-of-pocket payments for health services, inadequate health financing policies and limited covera

Addis Ababa, 28 August 2006-- The “alarming trend in HIV incidence” in the African Region calls for urgent measures to further control the progress of the epide

Addis Ababa, 28 August 2006-- African countries have been urged to establish or strengthen their medicines regulatory authorities (MRAs) with a view to checking

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi opens WHO meeting, proposes measures to tackle health worker shortage in Africa

Addis Ababa, 22 August 2006-- The fifty-sixth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa will be held from 28 August to 1 Sept