WHO Regional Committee Meeting Opens in Brazzaville, Congo
Brazzaville, 2 September 2013 -- President Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo has pledged that his country would continue to meet its financial commitments to the World Health Organization (WHO), and called on the international community to ensure sustained financial support to the UN health agency so that it can effectively carry out its mandate of imp
Guinea Worm Eradication: Int'I Team Recommends Nigeria for Certification
Based on the recommendations of the Guinea Worm Eradication International Certification Team, (ICT) Nigeria may be declared a Guinea Worm free nation by December 2013.
Speaking at the ministerial debriefing, the leader of the ICT, Professor David Moleyneux stated that the team visited seventeen (17) states and FCT, interviewed 1630 individuals in 136 villages in 60 LGAs in Nigeria.
Brazzaville to host 63rd session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa
Brazzaville, 28 August 2013 -- Health Ministers from the 47 countries in the WHO African Region will gather in Brazzaville, Congo, from 2 to 6 September 2013, to discuss a range of major health issues aimed at improving the health of people.
Uganda interrupts transmission of river blindness in almost half of the endemic areas
Kampala August 2013 -- Uganda has successfully interrupted transmission of onchocerciasis (River Blindness) in 8 out of 18 localized areas (foci) endemic for the disease and is likely to eliminate it by 2020.
Regional workshop calls for joint efforts to promote essential surgical care
Brazzaville, 23 August 2013 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has underscored the need for functional emergency, surgical and anesthesia services to reduce the number of people dying through surgery in the African Region.
MOH welcoming WHO professional staff to provide Direct Technical Assistance (DTA)
THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH WELCOMES 15 WHO PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO PROVIDE DIRECT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (DTA)
Addis Ababa, 19-08-2013: On 19 August 2013, the Minister of Health officially welcomed 15 WHO professional staff assigned by the WHO Country Office to the Ministry and its specialized agencies to strengthen WHO’s technical Assistance to the Government of Ethiopia.
Uganda commemorates World Breast Feeding Week 2013
Kampala August 2013 -- Uganda commemorated the World Breast Feeding Week (WBW) 2013 with a call to mothers to exclusively breastfeed their children for the first six months after birth irrespective of their HIV status.
Health research is key for universal health coverage
15 August 2013 -- At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO calls on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country’s situation.
African Partnerships for Patient Safety: safer care through international partnerships
Kisiizi hospital, Uganda, now has its own infection control professional with the support of African Partnerships for Patient Safety, a WHO programme.
The Church of Uganda Hospital, Kisiizi, is a 250-bed general hospital in the highlands of south-west Uganda, a 7-hour journey by road from the capital city of Kampala.
Gambia introduces Rotavirus vaccine into routine immunization services
Banjul, 14 august 2013 -- The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has, this afternoon, formally introduced the Rotavirus vaccine into the national immunization programme. This is the newest vaccine introduced into the national immunization programme and the eleventh since establishment of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) in the late 1970s. It is also the third since 2009. Pneumococcal vaccine and the second dose of the measles vaccine were introduced in 2009 and 2012 respectively.