Brazzaville, 20 February 2011 - The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Sambo has urged countries in the Central African Region to scale up efforts towards improving the health of populati…
Read more14 February 2011 - An innovative vaccine will protect children against pneumococcal disease, which causes life-threatening illnesses such as pneumonia, meningitis and sepsis. Kenya is the fourth country to roll out …
Read moreBrazzaville, 11 February 2011 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Sambo on Friday 11 February 2011 called on all diplomats to be advocates for health towards the attainment of the Millennium Development G…
Read more9 February 2011 - Around 70 Heads of diplomatic missions and bilateral and multilateral agencies accredited to Congo will gather at the WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) in Brazzaville on Friday 11 Febr…
Read moreBrazzaville, 4 February 2011 -- Knowledge and awareness of cancers by individuals and communities can play a crucial role in the prevention, detection and treatment of the disease, WHO Regional Director for Africa, …
Read moreBrazzaville, 16 December 2010 -- A Strategic Health Operations Center, known simply as the AFRO SHOC Room, has been established at the Brazzaville headquarters of the WHO Regional Office for Africa. The facility …
Read moreAs many as 450 million people are at risk from meningococcal A disease, the primary cause of epidemic meningitis across Africa. The disease kills thousands every year. Major group A epidemics occur every 7-14 years and a…
Read moreThe drive to provide access to antimalarial interventions is producing results Geneva, 14 December 2010 -- A massive scale-up in malaria control programmes between 2008 and 2010 has resulted in the provision of enough…
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