Innovation and Consolidation of Achievements Ouagadougou, 8 December 2010 -- The dream of having every child protected against vaccine-preventable diseases can and should be a reality. At the end of three days of…
Read moreAbuja, 7 December 2010 -- The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Sambo has urged governments and development partners to ensure that eliminating river blindness from Africa is a success given the laudable achi…
Read more“Reaching Every Child with Immunization” Ouagadougou, 6 December 2010 -- The Second Annual Regional Conference on Immunization in Africa opened today in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, with a call for intensification …
Read moreMore than 12 million people in Burkina Faso to receive new vaccine by end of year Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 6 December 2010 -- The West African nation of Burkina Faso today became the first country to begin a na…
Read moreLuanda, 3 December 2010 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Luis Gomes Sambo, visited the northern Angolan province of Cabinda and held discussions with the director of health se…
Read moreBrazzaville, 1 December 2010 -- “I urge countries to protect the basic human rights of people living with HIV and AIDS, including their rights to employment, access to financial ser-vices, and other basic conditions…
Read moreLuanda, 26 November 2010 -- Health and Environment Ministers from Africa on Thursday began a two-day meeting in Luanda, Angola, to identify new ways to consolidate a joint continental response to the heavy burden of…
Read moreLuanda, 26 November 2010 -- African Health and Environment Ministers on Friday ended a two-day meeting in Luanda, Angola, with the adoption of the Luanda Commitment which outlines the continent’s health an…
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