DAKAR/HARARE/GENEVA/EVANSTON, 25 February 2005 – A mass polio immunization drive starting today across Africa gained greater urgency from reports that a child has contracted polio in Ethiopia, the first case there i…
Read moreKigali, 17 February 2005 -- The Health Minister of Rwanda, Dr Jean Damascène Ntawukuliryayo, today opened the first ever high-level forum on oral health in the country. Opening a workshop on oral health Thu…
Read moreBrazzaville, 31 January 2005 -- Outgoing WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Ebrahim Samba, handed over to his successor, Dr Luis Sambo at the weekend, and proceeded to his native Gambia on retirement. In a trib…
Read morePartnerships across all sectors are driving treatment scale up 26 JANUARY 2005 | DAVOS -- By the end of 2004, 700 000 people living with AIDS in developing countries were receiving antiretroviral (ART) treatment …
Read moreBrazzaville, 26 January 2005 -- Developing countries, several of them in sub-Saharan Africa, made steady progress in 2004 towards meeting the global target of reaching three million people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWA…
Read moreBrazzaville, 18 January 2005 -- The 115th session of the Executive Board of the World Health Organization (WHO) meeting in Geneva appointed Dr Luis Gomes Sambo as the new WHO Regional Director for Africa. A…
Read moreBrazzaville, 6 December 2004 -- An induction briefing for new and existing technical staff working in emergencies from the WHO African Region, and countries identified as priorities in the Three Year Programme (TYP)…
Read moreBrazzaville, 6 December 2004 -- An induction briefing for new and existing technical staff working in emergencies from the WHO African Region, and countries identified as priorities in the Three Year Programme (TYP)…
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