Brazzaville, 17 April 2012 -- African countries are gearing up for this year's launch of the African Vaccination Week (AVW) which will be observed throughout the region from 23 to 28 April under the theme "An unimmu…
Read moreBrazzaville, 6 April 2012 -- The Minister of Health of the Republic of Congo, Professor Georges Moyen has today paid a courtesy call to the World Health Organization Regional Office in Djuoe, Brazzaville where he wa…
Read moreBrazzaville, 6 April 2012 -- African governments should adopt good policies on ageing and health in order to facilitate the continued positive contribution by the elderly to the development process in the region. …
Read more22 March 2012 | Singapore - WHO Director-General Margaret Chan today urged the world to "stand shoulder to shoulder" against the tobacco industry's attempts to overturn Australia's new path breaking tobacco control …
Read moreBrazzaville/Dakar, 21 March 2012 -- Health Ministries, UN agencies and communities are uniting with tens of thousands of volunteer immunizers over four days to go door-to-door and hut to hut for a vaccination campai…
Read moreDar Es Salaam, 14 March 2012 - Opening a workshop on oral health in Dar Es Salaam on Wednesday (14 March), the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr Jakaya Kikwete, praised the World Health Organization f…
Read moreBrazzaville, 09 March 2012 - On Sunday, 4 March 2012, at about 8.00 am, a series of explosions were heard at the military camp of the Armoured Regiment, located at the Mpila suburb of Brazzaville. Over 200 people ha…
Read moreBrazzaville 8 March 2012 – Agencies of the United Nations system are working hard to support the Government in dealing with the disaster that claimed many human lives and led to the destruction of houses and an infl…
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