13 July 2017 – In the Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, going to a health centre often means traveling long distances over poor roads, while carrying a sick child and supplies. WHO’s Rapid Acce…
Read more4,7 milliards de personnes, soit 63 % de la population mondiale, sont protégées par des mesures telles que les mises en garde illustrées, les lieux publics non-fumeurs et d’autres encore
Read more19 July 2017 – In a new report published today, WHO finds that about 4.7 billion people, or 63% of the world’s population, are covered by at least one comprehensive tobacco control measure. Strategies such as graphic pac…
Read moreTo help people living in some of the world’s most dire emergency situations, WHO relies on funding from Member States. In 2017, WHO has asked for US$ 547 million to deliver health services to more than 66 million people …
Read moreLe Gouverneur de la Région de l’Adamaoua M. Boukar Kildadi Taguieke et le Représentant de l’Organisation mondiale de la Santé, le Docteur Jean-Baptiste Roungou ont échangé sur la situation sanitaire de la Région de l’Adamaoua le 6 juillet 2017.
Read moreOn 1 July 2017, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus begins his 5-year term as WHO’s new Director-General. Dr Tedros previously served as Minister of Health and Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ethiopia and as Board Chair of the …
Read moreBrazzaville, 28 June 2017 – The World Health Organization’s inaugural Africa Health Forum ‘has concluded with a resounding call to action that all stakeholders in Africa must work together to achieve Universal Healt…
Read moreToday, a roadmap to guide Member States’ implementation of the Addis Declaration on Immunization (ADI) was officially launched at the first World Health Organization (WHO) Africa Health Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. The roadmap was developed in close collaboration between Member States, the African Union (AU) Commission and the WHO Offices in the African Region (AFRO) and Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMRO), as well as immunization partners.
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