Brazzaville, 20 June 2012 -- More than 100 experts, policy-makers and health leaders will gather in Accra, Ghana, from 25 to 27 June to discuss ways of scaling up interventions to control or eliminate Neglected Trop…
Read moreBrazzaville, 14 June 2012 – Countries in the African Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) should intensify their efforts to raise public awareness on the importance of blood donation and the recruitment and…
Read moreKigali, 14 June 2012 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, paid an official visit to the Republic of Rwanda at the invitation of the Government. The visit took p…
Read moreKigali, 11 June 2012 -- On the invitation of the Government of Rwanda, the WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Gomes Sambo is paying an official visit to Rwanda from 11 to 13 June 2012. On his arrival at Kan…
Read moreBrazzaville, 31 May 2012 –- Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) should continue to sensitize people in the region to the dangers of tobacco use while intensifying their efforts to protect tobacco co…
Read morePretoria, 28 May 2012 -- More than 200 million women aged 15 years or older are at risk of developing cervical cancer in the African Region. Annually 71,000 cases are diagnosed, resulting in 62,000 deaths. To stem t…
Read moreHarare, 24 May 2012 -- Traditional medicine has an undeniable potential that should be developed particularly through improving the safety, efficacy and quality of traditional medicines and through protecting intell…
Read moreProfessor Thérèse N'Dri-Yoman, Minister of Health and HIV/AIDS control of has been elected as the as the World Health Assembly's new president. Five vice presidents were also appointed from Afghanistan, Indonesia, Paragu…
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