Brazzaville, 29 August 2007 -- Nigeria – the only country known to be with endemic wild poliovirus as at March this year – registered appreciable progress in polio eradication activities in 2006. This indication …
Read moreBrazzaville, 29 August 2007 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) African Region has registered significant progress in eliminating leprosy , with 44 out of the 46 countries reaching the leprosy elimination target …
Read moreBrazzaville, 29 August 2007 -- WHO Regional Director Africa, Dr Luis Sambo has advised countries in the region endemic for onchocerciasis (river blindness) to establish control programmes with strong community parti…
Read moreBrazzaville, 29 August 2007 -- The World Health Organization proposes to spend US$ 1.2 billion in its African Region during the 2008-2009 biennium, representing 28.2% of the WHO global budget of US$ 4.2 billion for …
Read moreBrazzaville, 29 August 2007 -- “The harmful use of alcohol in the African region is rising and the situation will worsen if appropriate action is not taken to address the problem.” This is contained in a report b…
Read moreBrazzaville, 28 August 2007 -- “ Food is central to the prosperity, health and social well-being of individuals and societies. Yet, foodborne and waterborne disease continue to cause preventable deaths and untold su…
Read moreBrazzaville, 28 August 2007 -- The incidence of diabetes is high and growing in the African Region and governments need to take quick remedial action to check the killer disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) …
Read moreBrazzaville, 28 August 2007 -- “The cholera situation is worsening in the African Region and concerted efforts are required to establish multisectoral plans to deal with this resurgence in a coordinated way”, The Wo…
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