When more than 3.5 tons of protection material arrived in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, on 30 March, WHO immediately started distributing it to health facilities in different locations dealing with outbreak of Ebola vi…
Read more30 March 2014 – The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Liberia has provided updated details on the suspected and confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease in Liberia. As of 29 March, seven clinical samples, all from adu…
Read more30 March 2014 – As of 28 March, the total number of suspected and confirmed cases in the on-going Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea has increased to 112, including 70 deaths (Case Fatality Rate 62.5%). New susp…
Read moreToday, 24th of March 2014, the African Region joins the global community to commemorate World Tuberculosis Day under the theme - “Reach the three million; Find, Treat, Cure TB”. The theme highlights the suffering that Tu…
Read more23 March 2014 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea has notified WHO of a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola virus disease in forested areas south eastern Guinea. As of 22 March 2014, a total of 49 cases includin…
Read moreBrazzaville, 17 March 2014 -- Nigeria and Niger -- two of the five African countries certified by WHO in December 2013 as being free from guinea-worm disease -- have been presented with certificates indi…
Read moreBrazzaville, 5 March 2014 – A two-day meeting of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria programme experts from the African Union (AU), United Nations agencies, Regional Economic Communities …
Read more28 February 2014 -- WHO estimates that over 5% of the world’s population – 360 million people - has disabling hearing loss. The highest prevalence is found in the Asia Pacific, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Abo…
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