Brazzaville, 2 July 2015 - As members of an EU/WHO/ACP partnership* to improve access to quality medicines meet in Brazzaville, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa, praised progress made and called for …
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 June 2015 - The strengthening of National Blood Transfusion Systems (NBTS) has become a top priority in countries hardest hit by the Ebola virus disease (EVD). Plans are being developed in Guinea…
Read moreIn 2013, an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be at…
Read moreMinisters of Health of guinea worm disease-affected countries have reiterated their commitment to breaking transmission of the disease by the end of 2015. From 1 January to 30 April 2015, only three confirmed cases…
Read more15 May 2015 -- The Sixty-eighth session of the World Health Assembly takes place in Geneva 18–26 May 2015, as officials from 194 Member States begin their annual review of the activities of WHO and set new priorities for…
Read moreAn Independent Advisory Group (IAG), comprising renowned public health experts and leaders, has endorsed the Africa Health Transformation Programme 2015–2020: a vision for universal health coverage, proposed by Dr Moeti,…
Read moreAlcohol impacts people and societies in different ways and is determined by the volume of alcohol consumed, the pattern of drinking, and, on rare occasions, the quality of alcohol consumed. Alcohol is a psychoactive subs…
Read moreBrazzaville, 11 May 2015 – Taking into account the many challenges faced on the African continent and the necessity for an accountability framework for health security, the African Union Commission (AUC), in co…
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