Luanda, 26 November 2010 -- Health and Environment Ministers from Africa on Thursday began a two-day meeting in Luanda, Angola, to identify new ways to consolidate a joint continental response to the heavy burden of disease attributable to environmental factors.

Luanda, 26 November 2010 -- African Health and Environment Ministers on Friday ended a two-day meeting in Luanda, Angola, with the adoption of the Luanda Commitment which outlines the continent’s health and environment priorities and commits countries to take actions to address them, and accelerate the implementation of the Libreville Declaration.

Harare, 22 Nov. 2010 GSM training for generalists kicked off in Harare this morning with facilitators from the Regional Office and participants from 10 countries in the sub-region. The 5 days training workshop was officially opened by WR Zimbabwe, Dr Custodia Mandlhate.

In her opening statement, Dr Mandlhate said she hopes that the training will allay the fears, myths and misconceptions about GSM. “GSM is a just a management tool that will make our jobs easier,” said Dr Mandlhate.

Luanda, 23 November 2010 -- The preparatory meeting of experts for the Second Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa opened on Tuesday in Luanda, Angola, with government experts and ministerial advisers from across Africa in attendance.

The technical meeting, from 23 to 24 November, brings together over 300 participants, including senior government officials, experts on health and environment, academics, representatives of NGOs, IGOs, bilateral and multilateral organizations, among others.

Windhoek: 16 November 2010: The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) will commemorate World Diabetes Day through week-long activities, titled: ”Diabetes Education and Prevention with the slogan:"Let's take control of diabetes. Now."

In keeping with the theme of World Diabetes Day, events lined up target both health workers and the general public, noting that action is required at all levels in order to take control of this largely avoidable disease. 

Nairobi, Kenya 16 November 2010 -- Sixteen universities, medical and nursing schools from nine East and Southern African countries have agreed to introduce the Community-Directed Intervention (CDI) strategy in their curricula, as a way of expanding the use of the innovative and cost-effective strategy which encourages community ownership of health care delivery.

Brazzaville/Geneva, 12 November 2010 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo the Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the African Region and Prof. Michel Kazatchkine Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria (The Global Fund) have reaffirmed their commitment to explore mechanisms for strengthening collaboration between the two institutions.

Young and old to be targeted in parts of 3 Central African countries

On the 13th September, 2010 Government of Botswana through Ministry of Health with the support from WHO and other partners launched the malaria elimination campaign to mark the beginning of intensified efforts by Botswana to kick out malaria within its borders. The launch brought together policy makers, decision makers, the private sector and other stakeholders to highlight that malaria elimination will be everyone’s

Chitungwiza, 3 Nov. 2010. Zimbabwe commemorated a belated Mental Health Day at the Chitungwiza General Hospital under the theme, Mental health and Long term physical illness: The need for continued and integrated care. This year’s theme was aimed at making people and care givers aware that mental health and long term illness have a major impact on each other and should, therefore, be viewed holistically.