Implementation of eSurveillance in the context of Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response is the foundation for the monitoring of the health situations and assessment of trends for decision making.

16-18 July 2015, Cape Town, South Africa

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) is a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy for strengthening national public health surveillance and response in the African Region linking community, health facility, district and national levels.

The aim of MLM training is to enable immunisation managers at all levels to acquire skills in planning, management, monitoring and evaluation. It will also give them the knowledge to supervise and support immunisation operations such as service delivery, the cold chain and logistics, purchase and quality control of vaccines, communication in support of the programme.

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in the WHO African Region now goes beyond the scope of Communicable Diseases. Non-communicable health conditions and events are now a priority in IDSR.

In order to reflect this change of environment, the CDER has been renamed IDSR Epidemiological Report. This July 2010 issue attempts to provide information on the burden of some regional priority diseases such as cholera, cerebrospinal meningitis, dengue fever, influenza, poliomyelitis and yellow fever in the WHO African Region.

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti arrived in New York yesterday afternoon to attend a series of meetings of the United Nations.
Heads of State and Government are attending the high-level meetings at the UN headquarters, where they will make new commitments to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

Monrovia, 22 April 2014 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti has underscored the importance of involving the communities in the fight against Ebola.

1 APRIL 2016 - Lassa fever has killed more than 160 people in West Africa, most of them in Nigeria, since November 2015. Many of these lives could have been saved if a rapid diagnostic test were available so that people could receive treatment early.

22 April 2003 -- The Director of Medical Services for Kenya, Dr. Richard Muga, together with Roll Back Malaria partners, today briefed the media about the forthcoming Africa Malaria Day to be commemorated on 25 April 2003.

As part of the commemoration, the first progress report on malaria control and prevention in Africa will be officially launched.

New York -- The World Health Organization has pledged to intensify its efforts to ensure the success of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the new vision for Africa's future initiated by several African Presidents and subsequently adopted as the continent's main development framework at summit of African Heads of State in July 2001.

As of 2 June 2016, a total of 1 947 567 people have been vaccinated against Yellow Fever in the provinces of Kinshasa and Kongo Central. The vaccination campaign began on 26 May 2016. Many people have rushed to get vaccinated including many people from districts that were not targetted for vaccination. This is good news because it means people understand the importance of vaccination. However, despite concerted efforts by WHO and partners and manufacturers, global vaccine stocks remain low.

Mobile phones are becoming one of the world’s most important health tools, used in many countries to track exercise, ensure medicines are genuine, and even to read blood glucose levels. In Gabon, they’re being used to raise revenue for the national health system.