The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Luis Gomes Sambo started a 4-day official working visit to Uganda at the invitation of the government. He was received at Entebbe International Airport by the Minister of Health Dr…
Read moreFloods across western Africa in September were the worst for several decades. Hundreds of thousands of people were at least temporarily displaced, health risks from water-borne bacteria and viruses surged, and already ov…
Read moreThe road can be a dangerous place. In Africa, traffic crashes are a leading cause of death and fatality rates are the highest worldwide. Young road users are most at risk: traffic collisions are the third cause of death …
Read moreBrazzaville, 7 December 2007 -- The World Bank and the US-based pharmaceutical company Merck & Co Inc., on Wednesday announced a commitment to contribute US $50 million in support of the World Health Organizatio…
Read more48 million targeted as Yellow Fever Initiative partners commit to control the disease across west Africa Dakar/Brazzaville/Geneva, 5 December 2007 -- With the vaccination this week of 3.1 million people in Senega…
Read moreBrazzaville, 29 November 2007 -- Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396 000 to 36 000, reaching the regional target three years early. The spectacular gains achieved in Afr…
Read moreBrazzaville, 16 November 2007 -- One hundred twenty national HIV/AIDS Programme Managers in the African Region and WHO technical staff working in the area of HIV/AIDS held their annual meeting in Brazzaville, …
Read moreIn mid-September 2007, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed an outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in some remote communities in the province of Kasai Occidental. A team of expe…
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