African Health and Environment Ministers will gather in Luanda, Angola on 23-26 November for the Second Inter-Ministerial Conference on Health and Environment. This landmark Conference aims to sustain the political commi…
Read moreMalabo (Equatorial Guinea) 3 September 2010 -- The sixtieth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended on Friday in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, after adopting five resolutions aimed at improving the health sit…
Read moreMalabo (Equatorial Guinea), 2 September 2010 — The use of counterfeit medical products is a global public health problem. Illegitimate distribution and rampant use of substandard, spurious, falsely labelled, falsifi…
Read moreMalabo (Equatorial Guinea) 1 September 2010 -- “There is a real danger that funding for health development in the African Region might be adversely affected by the ongoing global financial crisis and thereby comprom…
Read moreMalabo (Equatorial Guinea) 1 September 2010 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed the establishment of a US$100 million African Public Health Emergency Fund (APHEF) to be financed from agr…
Read moreMalabo (Equatorial Guinea) 1 September 2010 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed measures for tackling epidemics which are recurrent in Africa, posing continuing and serious health threat…
Read moreMalabo 31 August 2010 -- The sixtieth session of the World Health Organization Regional Committee for Africa World Health Organization opened in Malabo on Monday with a call by President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equ…
Read moreMalabo, 31 August 2010 -- The World Health Organization has proposed a strategy to prevent or at least reduce the harmful use of alcohol and related problems in the African Region. The strategy, based on five key…
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