Kampala, 14 December 2009 -- The Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) based in Entebbe, Uganda was recommended to host the Secretariat of the African AIDS Vaccine Programme (AAVP), after a very close competition i…
Read more14 December 2009 -- The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, has called on countries in the African Region to intensify efforts to combine the benefits of vaccination technology with other chi…
Read moreBrazzaville, 1 December 2009 -- The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called on health workers at all levels to play a greater role in HIV primary prevention and encourage safe sex behaviour …
Read moreEfforts towards universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support are bringing AIDS out of isolation Geneva | Shanghai, 24 November 2009 -- According to new data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update, ne…
Read moreBrazzaville, 24 November 2009 -- The World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo was paid a courtesy visit by Equatorial Guinea’s Ambassador to the Republic of Congo, His Excellency José El…
Read moreAbuja, 19 November 2009 -- The first of two five-day inter-country workshops on pandemic influenza A H1N1 vaccine depolyment organized by the World Health Organziation (WHO) for its Member States in the African Regi…
Read more17 November 2009 -- The largest-ever yellow fever mass vaccination campaign will kick off next week across three African countries. The week-long event will target 11.9 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierr…
Read moreEntebbe, 5 November 2009 -- The first Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Control Partners' Meeting organized in the WHO African Region is scheduled to take place from 5 to 6 November in Entebbe, Uganda. Th…
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