Brazzaville, 4 September -- Nigeria has re-affirmed its commitment to the global goal of polio eradication and announced three rounds of national immunization campaigns between this month and the end of 2004. "Th…
Read moreBrazzaville, 3 September 2004 --- The fifty-fourth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended Friday in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, after nominating a new Regional Director and adopting resolutions a…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Child and sexual abuse can be prevented and better managed through a set of priority interventions such as vigorous advocacy and communication, enhanced law enforcement and the devel…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Dr Luis Gomes Sambo was today nominated by the WHO Regional Committee for Africa for the post of WHO Regional Director for Africa. Dr Sambo, 52, of Angolan nationality, is current…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- How can nutrition be better prioritized within health and other development sectors in Africa? What should countries do to improve their technical capacity for nutrition programmes, …
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Over the next decade, maternal deaths and disabilities in the African region could reach 2.5 million and 49 million, respectively, if urgent action is not taken to improve maternal h…
Read moreBrazzaville, 2 September 2004 -- Several rounds of nationwide mass immunization are planned for Nigeria and neighboring Niger Republic in 2004 to interrupt the remaining chains of indigenous wild poliovirus transmis…
Read moreBrazzaville, 31 August -- The Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr LEE Jong-wook, has proposed a 9% increase in assessed contributions by WHO's Member States. "Previous projections of budge…
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