Efforts to improve surgery and anesthesia services in Africa is gaining momentum following the signing of a collaborative agreement between the World Health Organization in the African Region and Mercy Ships. The agreement aims to increase access to surgical care, and build capacity of health workers to strengthen surgical care delivery systems.
Read moreDakar/Brazzaville, 29 August 2018 - Ministers of Health from the WHO African Region have endorsed proposals aimed at addressing the shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines. The Roadmap for access 2019-2023 - C…
Read moreAs she felt the cold sting of the needle enter her arm, Alice winced in fear more than pain- understandable as she is only 10. However, a moment of pain could save her from the leading cause of cancer death among women in Africa: cervical cancer. She is receiving a vaccine against human papilloma virus (HPV), the main gateway agent in cervical cancer.
Read moreAfrican Health Ministers pledge to implement key strategies to end cholera outbreaks by 2030.
Read moreSenegal commemorates the 70th anniversary of the creation of WHO with a “Walk the Talk” event which also helped raise awareness of the risk of non-communicable diseases.
Read moreIt's been just over a year since Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took office as WHO Director-General. Here’s his first annual letter outlining the achievements made towards WHO’s mission “to promote health, keep the w…
Read moreDakar/ Brazzaville, 20 August 2018 - Ministers of Health and senior officials from 47 African countries will meet in Dakar, Senegal for the 68th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for …
Read moreMangina (North Kivu), 17 August 2018. "I was under a lot of stress and experienced insomnia mixed with nightmare all night," says Sister Darlène Mwasi, a registered nurse at the Mangina referral health centre, which is more than 30 kilometres southwest of the town of Beni in North Kivu.
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