Harare, 27 November 2015 –The world is poised to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 – provided it can accelerate the pace of progress achieved globally over the past 15 years, according to a new World Health …
Read more26 November 2015: “I was on my way home from the school when my bus came under fire,” says 11-year-old Niatou Christy Judicael, who was injured in both legs on 4 November when his bus was shot at with automatic weap…
Read moreN’Djamena, 24 November 2015 – Today, delegates at the 65thSession of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa endorsed the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO)’s Transformation Agenda, …
Read moreHealth ministers from the WHO African Region have endorsed a new strategy aimed at creating an enabling policy environment for conducting and utilizing high quality research to tackle the enormous health needs in the African Region.
Read moreN’Djamena, 23 November 2015 – Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno has called on African countries to demonstrate more active solidarity to provide appropriate responses to the many health challenges facing the Region…
Read moreTwo years ago, Hamidou Samakan, chief of the village of Yarou Plateau in Mali, noticed significant changes in the neighbouring village of Gouna. The village was clean and there were no faeces to be seen. People were buil…
Read moreN’Djamena, 19 November 2015 - The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, has commended ongoing efforts in Chad to improve the health and wellbeing of the people. Dr Moeti made …
Read moreBrazzaville, 16 November 2015 - In an ambitious move to strengthen national health securities and improve health outcomes, the World Health Organization (WHO) is initiating the introduction of the Integrated Disease Surv…
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