Nairobi, 22 October --- African governments and other stakeholders with an interest in Reproductive Health have been urged to go beyond piecemeal activities and embrace comprehensive and coordinated approaches, in c…
Read moreNew York -- The World Health Organization and the United Nations Department of Public Information are organizing an exhibition on Poverty and Health: Challenges to Development in Africa at the UN headquart…
Read moreSierra Leone is in the midst of its worst cholera outbreak in 15 years. As of 19 September, there were more than 19 000 cases reported and 274 deaths. WHO and the Ministry of Health and Sanitation have established a chol…
Read moreBrazzaville/Nairob, 8 February 2002: The UN agencies involved in the global effort to eradicate polio are helping to plan a major immunization drive in western Zambia and eastern Angola, in response to three polio c…
Read moreHarare-- The World Health Organization (WHO) and its 46 Member States in the African Region focused on the broad determinants of health and disease during the 2000-2001 biennium and were thus better able to bring about l…
Read moreThe 29th Regional Programme Meeting of the African Region of the World Health Organization (AFRO) opened Wednesday at the Organization's Regional Office in Brazzaville, Congo. It is the first major WHO-organized meeting …
Read more"Move for health." This is the slogan for this year's World Health Day (7 April 2002) celebration whose theme, physical activity, emphasizes the importance of physical fitness and an active lifestyle. Why the cho…
Read moreNew York -- United Nations Deputy Secretary General Louise Frechette has called on the international community to help in "addressing the needs of Africa where poverty and health challenges are the most acute." L…
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