Avian influenza - situation (birds) in Nigeria 8 February 2006 The confirmation of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in domestic birds in northern Nigeria marks the further geographical spread of this virus. A…
Read moreLocated 730 km north-east of Kinshasa, Mbandaka is the capital of Equateur Province. Over 200 000 people live in Mbandaka. There is no electricity and no piped water. There are also no taxis, buses, trains or ambulances …
Read moreRegional Director for WHO African Region urged to Member States in the Region to urgently ensure that their national plans include laboratory components for both human and animal aspects. Brazzaville, 13 January 2006&…
Read moreBrazzaville, 12 January 2006 --The first conference on preparedness and response to pandemic influenza in the African Region has been inaugurated by the Regional Director for WHO African Region, Dr Luis Gomes Sambo, in t…
Read moreBrazzaville, 21 November 2005 -- The WHO Regional Office for Africa has convened the Fifth Meeting of the WHO Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine which is taking place in Brazzaville, Congo, from 21 to…
Read moreBrazzaville, 8 November 2005 -- Seven United Nations Agencies, meeting in Brazzaville last week, adopted a ten-point Declarationto support countries in the African Region to accelerate HIV prevention. The jo…
Read moreBrazzaville, 3 November 2005 -- Representatives of WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA and UNIFEM today began a consultation in Brazzaville on ways of supporting countries to accelerate the prevention of HIV in…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 November 2005 -- The World Health Organization is spearheading an unprecedented initiative to partner with sister UN agencies to accelerate the prevention of HIV infection in Africa in 2006. Repres…
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