Treatment of tuberculosis involves taking tablets daily for at least six months. TB patients must take all their medications as prescribed, failing which they may not recover and dangerous drug-resistant TB strains may d…
Read moreGeneva, 1 July 2009 -- A clinical trial is being launched in three African countries of a drug that could eliminate onchocerciasis, or river blindness, one of the leading infectious causes of blindness across Africa…
Read moreBrazzaville, 24 June 2009 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo has urged countries in the region to be extra vigilant and strengthen their disease surveillance to …
Read moreKinshasa/Brazzaville 23 June 2009 - - The World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Gomes Sambo has concluded a five-day official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the invitatio…
Read moreDakar/Harare, 28 May 2009 - More than 400,000 polio vaccinators in 11 west African countries will immunize more than 74 million children over the next week in response to a spreading polio epidemic which is threaten…
Read moreBrazzaville, 15 May 2009 - African countries, with the support of WHO and other development partners, are continuously strengthening their general capacity to deal with cases of Influenza A/H1N1 virus if an outbreak…
Read moreKinshasa, 11 May 2009 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, has reiterated his call for strengthening the capacity for early detection and control of the flu virus in the Region. He made th…
Read moreNdjamena, 5 May 2009 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis G. Sambo has visited Chad to provide support for efforts by Chadian authorities to address the country's health problems. Notable among the health…
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