Luanda, 23 November 2010 -- The preparatory meeting of experts for the Second Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment in Africa opened on Tuesday in Luanda, Angola, with government experts and ministe…
Read moreBrazzaville/Geneva, 12 November 2010 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo the Regional Director of the World Health Organization in the African Region and Prof. Michel Kazatchkine Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight Ai…
Read moreYoung and old to be targeted in parts of 3 Central African countries Brazzaville/Dakar, 11 November 2010 – The first wave of mass polio immunization campaigns -targeting 3 million people of all ages- is to begin …
Read moreBrazzaville, 5 November 2010 -- After 10 years with no detected wild poliovirus (WPV) transmission in the Republic of Congo, an outbreak has been reported As at 5th November 2010, 134 cases of Acute Flaccid Paral…
Read moreMore than 72 million children to be immunized across 15 countries to tackle remaining risks Dakar/Brazzaville, 26 October -- This week, Africa seizes an unprecedented chance to drive out polio when 15 countries a…
Read moreBrazzaville/Berlin, 11 October 2010 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo has pointed out that, the key to attaining the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on reducing child deaths is by reaching ever…
Read moreBrazzaville/Washington, DC, 06 October 2010 - The World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo has called for greater private sector involvement to improve health outcomes. He mad…
Read more28 September 2010 -- Developing countries demonstrate that increased access to HIV/AIDS services is possible, according to the report Towards universal access, released today. Despite challenges there is steady prog…
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