Brazzaville, 25 June 2014 -- As the number of deaths and cases of Ebola virus continues to rise in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health Organization is warning that drastic action is needed. The Wor…
Read moreWashington DC/Brazzaville, 20 June 2014 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo has commended private-public partnerships, country leadership and community directed interve…
Read moreMariama Diallo, aged in her sixties, was diagnosed with diabetes ten years ago. Although she is very strict about following a healthy lifestyle, Mariama is always on the look-out for information and advice to help her ma…
Read moreBrazzaville, 9 June 2014 – The 64th session of the Programme Subcommittee (PSC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) in the African region, began today in Brazzaville, Congo. The five-day meeting is attended by pu…
Read more6 June 2014 -- The focus of this year's World Blood Donor Day campaign, 14 June, is "Safe blood for saving mothers". Every day, about 800 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications. Severe bleeding duri…
Read more27 May 2014 – On World No Tobacco Day (31 May), WHO calls on countries to raise taxes on tobacco to encourage users to stop and prevent people from becoming addicted to tobacco. Based on 2012 data, WHO estimates tha…
Read more24 May 2014 - The Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly closed today, after adopting more than 20 resolutions on public health issues of global importance. A number of the Health Assembly resolutions were approved tod…
Read more20 May 2014 -- Dr Christine Kaseba-Sata, First Lady of Zambia and Melinda Gates, co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation addressed delegates at the World Health Assembly this afternoon. Dr Kaseba-Sata de…
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