Brazzaville, 28 August 2013 -- Health Ministers from the 47 countries in the WHO African Region will gather in Brazzaville, Congo, from 2 to 6 September 2013, to discuss a range of major health issues aimed at impro…
Read moreBrazzaville, 23 August 2013 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has underscored the need for functional emergency, surgical and anesthesia services to reduce the number of p…
Read moreKisiizi hospital, Uganda, now has its own infection control professional with the support of African Partnerships for Patient Safety, a WHO programme. The Church of Uganda Hospital, Kisiizi, is a 250-bed general hospi…
Read more15 August 2013 -- At the launch of the "World health report 2013: Research for universal health coverage", WHO calls on countries to continue investing in local research in order to develop a system of universal hea…
Read more30 July 2013 -- Only 37 countries, or 19% of those reporting, have passed laws reflecting all the recommendations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, according to a new WHO report published…
Read more24 July 2013 -- On World Hepatitis Day, 28 July, WHO is advocating action against the 5 hepatitis viruses that can cause severe liver infections and lead to 1.4 million deaths every year. Some of these hepatitis vir…
Read more30 June 2013 – The new WHO guidelines recommend starting HIV treatment earlier, with simpler and safer regimens to save more lives and prevent more new infections. This move could avert an additional 3 million death…
Read moreBrazzaville, 17 June 2013 -- A group of public health experts from the WHO African Region have begun a five-day meeting in Brazzaville, Congo to discuss a range of issues that affect people’s health in the region. T…
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