Jean Paul Adam, Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Seychelles talks about the challenges his country faces as it experiences the impact of climate change. Minister Jean Paul Adam is attending the Third Interministerial Conference on Health and Environment which is taking place in Libreville,…
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Denise Mekam’ne Edzidzi, Minister of State, Minister of Health of Gabon underlined the objective of the third inter-ministerial conference on health and the environment is to address the major challenges facing countries in terms of restoring and preserving the environment for better health.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa talks about her hopes for the Interministerial Conference on Health and the Environment in Libreville, Gabon
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma.
WHO’s global and African regional leadership saw first-hand the complexities of implementing the Ebola response in North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in visits with the Ministry of Health officials to affected areas over the last two days. While this is the country’s 10th Ebola…
“When the outbreak first started in March and we heard about this deadly virus Ebola, I was in Kakata,” says Austin S. Jallah, a student nurse of Kakata University, in Margibi County, Liberia and working as a WHO expert patient trainer.
Some African countries are not on track to achieve MDG5, i.e. reduce maternal mortality by 75% by 2015. In a report, just published by the WHO Regional Office for Africa, governments are urged to rethink their policy on women's health.
At some point in their lives, everyone needs health care....but today not everyone has access to the care that they need.
Universal health coverage ensures that all people get the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. The goal of moving towards universal health coverage…