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Les acteurs des urgences de sante publique au Burundi formes en communication sur les risques

Les acteurs des urgences bénéficiaires de la formation en communication sur les risques

28 August 2017

Le Bureau de l’OMS au Burundi en collaboration avec le ministère de la santé publique et de la lutte contre le sida (MSPLS), a organisé du 29 aout au 1er septembre 2017, un atelier dont la thématique était la communication sur les risques. Cette session de renforcement des capacités des acteurs de la communication avait pour objectif de les initier à la communication sur les risques et à la gestion des crises lors des urgences sanitaires.

President Robert Mugabe urges African countries to prioritise health in National development agendas

28 August 2017

The President of Zimbabwe, H.E Robert Mugabe has called on African governments to prioritise health in their national development agenda. He said the health challenges facing the Region including communicable, maternal and child deaths and non-communicable disease require concerted efforts to tackle them.

Over a billion US dollars spent on Polio Eradication - Chairman International Polio Plus Committee

From L – R, IPPC Chairman Mr Michael McGovern, WHO Country Representative Dr Wondimagegnehu Alemu, National Polio Plus Chairman Dr Tunji Funso and Rotary International Polio Plus Director Carol Pandak

28 August 2017

Abuja, 23 August, 2017 – The Chairman, International Polio Plus Committee (IPPC), Mr Michael McGovern, has disclosed that Rotary International has spent close to 1.7 billion US dollars on polio eradication with most of the funding going to Nigeria’s polio programme.

Significant progress in improving people’s health in Africa applauded

28 August 2017

The significant progress in improving people’s health in Africa has been commended by delegates attending the 67th session WHO Regional Committee for Africa, which began today in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. This follows the presentation of the 2016-2017 Biennial Report on the Work of WHO in the African Region by Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa. The report highlights progress achieved during the past biennuim in the Region in emergency preparedness and response, elimination of priority diseases including HIV, TB, malaria; tackling non-communicable diseases, progress in protecting children from illness and deaths, among others.

An African consensus for addressing environment impact on health

27 August 2017

Brazzaville, Congo/Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 25 August 2017 - Did you know that in the African Region, 23% of premature deaths are attributable to unhealthy environments, at the same time as the Region is facing a double burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases. 20% of cancers, 31% of cardiovascular diseases, 31% of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and 44% of asthma cases are associated with air pollution, tobacco smoke and chemicals. In fact, as said by Dr.

NTD Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, April 18-22, 2017: Celebrating the community's achievements over the past 5 years and planning for the future.

25 August 2017

2017 marks the 5th anniversary of the World Health Organization's roadmap on NTDs, the World Health Assembly resolution on NTDs (WHA66.12) and the London Declaration.

WHO South Sudan Country Office undertakes a functional review 24-29 August, 2017

Ingrid the HR member on the team addressing the WCO staff

25 August 2017

The functional review exercise for WHO South Sudan Country office successfully commenced on 24 August, 2017. This six-day exercise is part of the WHO transformation agenda (2015-2020), which the WHO Africa Region has embarked on for all the 47 WHO Country Offices in the Region. South Sudan WHO country office is the 5th to be reviewed among the 18 countries scheduled for this year.

Africa on the verge of winning the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases

25 August 2017

For more than 40 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has worked to control river blindness (onchocerciasis), the second major infectious cause of blindness in Africa. Today, 30 years after a major donation of medication by Merck & Co, a pharmaceutical company, and after 20 years of the success of the African Program for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) the reduction of the disease intensity has allowed WHO to shift the goal from control to elimination – a really ambitious achievement.

Acting on the call (AOTC) 2017 Summit kicks off in Addis Ababa: “Let’s make the world a better place for mothers and children”

Participants of the AOTC 2017 summit at AU Nelson Mandela Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

24 August 2017

The 4th Acting On The Call (AOTC) conference started on the 24th August 2017 at the African Union, Addis Ababa Ethiopia with a theme “Overcoming Critical Barriers to Maternal and Child Survival”. The AOTC conference which is hosted by the governments of Ethiopia and India gathered more than 500 participants from 24 countries and held in the presence of the President of the Federal Republic of Ethiopia, Ministers and high level policymakers from the public and private sectors, NGOs and UN agencies including UN Women, UNICEF, UNFPA and WHO.

What needs to be done to solve the shortage of health workers in the African Region

24 August 2017

The sight of a long queue of patients waiting for their names to be called to see the doctor or nurse at a hospital or health centre is a familiar spectacle that drives home the message that the shortage of skilled health workforce is an issue that warrants urgent attention. There is no doubt that hospitals or health centres are busy places. The shortage of skilled health workforce means that a limited number of doctors and nurses have to attend to hundreds of patients daily and quality health care can’t be rushed.