Today marks two months since the WHO Director-General declared the Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
Read moreCOMMUNIQUÉKampala, Republic of Uganda - WE, the Ministers of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Uganda, and the Republic of South Sudan, together with Heads of Delegations, representati…
Read moreIssued by the Quadripartite Regional Coordination Group (FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH)November 3, 2025On this One Health Day of 2025, we the Regional Representatives/Directors in Africa representing the Quadripartite Regiona…
Read moreKinshasa – World Health Organization (WHO) is deploying experts to support health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry out further investigations to determine the cause of a yet undiagnosed dise…
Read moreWhile mpox remains a global threat—underscored by WHO’s declaration on 22 November 2024 that it continues to constitute a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)—in Africa, we are beginning to see signs that response efforts are paying off.
Read moreWe are deeply saddened about the sudden and shocking news of the passing of Dr Faustine Ndugulile, Regional Director-elect of WHO’s Africa region.
Read moreIn 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer.
Read moreGirls’ vision for the future, this year’s theme, conveys both the need for urgent action and persistent hope, driven by the power of girls’ voices and vision for the future. Girls around the world tell us they know progress is possible. After all, the world has more than halved child mortality since the 1990’s. Fifty million more girls are in school than in 2015.
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