Addis Ababa, 25 April 2013 - The African Union jointly with the WHO Roll Back Malaria Partnership marked the commemoration of the 2013 World Malaria Day under the theme, “Invest in the future. Defeat malaria” in the…
Read moreBRAZZAVILLE/DAKAR/NAIROBI, 22 April 2013 - Reaching more people and strengthening immunization on the continent is the aim of the third African Vaccination Week (AVW) being celebrated from 22–28 April 2013 under the…
Read moreBrazzaville, 15 April 2013 -- From 22 to 28 April, African countries will celebrate the third African Vaccination Week (AVW), an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) and implemented by countries in …
Read moreWHO is working with the government of Mauritania to improve water quality, sanitation and hygiene for its most vulnerable people. In Mauritania, life expectancy is less than 60 years. Twenty years of drought have caus…
Read moreIn order to contribute to the improvement of surveillance of antimicrobial resistance at the country level, WHO/AFRO has developed a Guide for establishing laboratory-based surveillance for antimicrobial resistance. …
Read moreBrazzaville, 26 March 2013 -- Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa (PALOP) and their Latin American counterparts are set to benefit from the inauguration on Monday (25 March) of a Centre for the Study of Tobacco …
Read moreBrazzaville, 26 March 2013 -- Countries affected by neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the African Region should intensify efforts along with their health and development partners to raise the profile of t…
Read moreBrazzaville, 24 March 2013 - - World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has re-iterated his plea to governments and their health and development partners to increase and sustain p…
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