Theme Get your Act together - Slogan Universal Access to effective malaria treatment is a human right

Background

Kigali, 1 September 2009 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has warned of widespread development of drug resistance related to HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria and proposed concrete measures to address this emerging threat to public health in the Region.

"This issue (of drug resistance) must be addressed before the situation gets out of hand", Dr Sambo told delegates to the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa which entered its second day in Kigali on Tuesday.

Kigali, 4 September 2009 -- The fifty-ninth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended on Friday in Kigali, Rwanda, after nominating a Regional Director and adopting resolutions aimed at scaling up action in areas that are key to improving the health situation in the Region.

Harare, 03 September 2009 -- The acting President, Cde Joyce Mujuru today officially launched the national clean up campaign at her Munhumutapa offices in Harare. The campaign, which is the brainchild of the Social Mobilization taskforce of the Cholera Command and Control Centre (C4), is part of the many on-going cholera awareness campaigns ahead of the cholera season.

Kigali, 2 September 2009 -- Countries in the WHO African Region have made modest but steady progress in accelerating HIV prevention following their adoption, in 2006, of the Regional strategy for accelerating HIV prevention.

This indication was given today in a report by WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, to the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.

Kigali, 2 September 2009 -- The World Health Organization has proposed measures for strengthening the capacity of Member States in the African Region for outbreak preparedness and response in the context of the current global Pandemic H1N1 2009.

The proposals are contained in a report presented by the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, to the WHO Regional Committee for Africa taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.

Kigali, 2 September 2009 -- "The remarkable reduction of measles deaths by an estimated 89% between 2000 and 2007 in the African Region" gives reason to hope that the disease can be eliminated in the WHO African Region by the target year of 2020.

This assessment is contained in a report to be presented Tuesday by the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, to the 59TH session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.

Harare, 02 September 2009 --  Zimbabwe joined the rest of the african region to commemorate the 8th African Traditional Medicine day on 31st August 2009 at Tshovani Stadium inChiredzi under the theme Traditional Medicine and patient safety, in an event that was attended by the Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Mombeshora who was the guest of honour, members of the TMPC, (Traditional medicine practitioners council), the Governer and Resident Minister of Masvingo province, members of the Tshovane community, school children and many traditional and fait

Kigali, 1 September 2009 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo of Angola has been re-nominated as the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Director for Africa.

Kigali, 1 September 2009 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed a comprehensive package of interventions to address Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the African Region.

Dr Sambo unveiled his proposals today in a report to the 59th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.