Over six million children will be immunized 27 February 2012, Luanda, Angola - Today UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, launched the three-day polio campaign in Viana municipality of Luanda the capital of Angola,…
Read moreBrazzaville, 20 February 2012 -- Since the end of the Cold War, state and non-state actors -- including the World Health Organization (WHO) -- have come to rely on health diplomacy, in its various forms, to advocate…
Read moreBrazzaville, 10 February 2012 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, on Friday (10 February) called on the Brazzaville-based diplomatic community to advocate with their na…
Read moreBrazzaville, 4 February 2012 -- Adopting healthy life styles such as consumption of diets high in fruits and vegetables, avoiding tobacco use, as well as engaging in regular physical activity are essential to preven…
Read more16 January 2012, Brazzaville -- The 130th Session of the World Health Organization's Executive Board is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 16 – 23 January 2012. The Executive Board is composed of 34 members…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 8 December 2011 -- Impassioned pleas for intensified efforts by all for African countries to achieve universal access by 2015 marked the end in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 8 December 2011 of Africa's larg…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 8 December 2011 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has presented a new normative guidance document on the prevention, diagnosis and management of cryptococcal disease in HIV-infected adults, adolesc…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 8 December 2011 -- Fourteen eastern and southern African countries have made steady progress in voluntary male medical circumcision (VMMC) with more than 1. 2 million males having undergone the procedur…
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