Road Safety
Road traffic injuries constitute a major health and development problem the world over but especially in the African Region.
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Food Safety
The Food Safety Programme supports Member States to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate policies, strategies and programmes to address all food safety and nutrition problems, towards attaining the highest possible level of food safety and optimal nutrition.
Ler maisHealth Policies and Service Delivery
The Health Policies and Service Delivery Programme (HPS) provides technical support to countries for the development of evidence based health policies and plans and their implementation using the Primary Health Care values and principles.
Ler maisEssential Medicines
The Medicines, Diagnostics, Infrastructure and other Technologies team provides technical support to Member States to improve availability of, and access to, life-saving essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and other health technologies. WHO operates within a context of weakness in health system governance, inadequate health care infrastructure and weak supply chains.
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The Integrated Service Delivery (ISD) and Primary Health Care (PHC) unit provides oversight of the WHO Regional Office for Africa’s work on the adoption of integrated people-centred health services, in line with the primary health care approach, for attaining universal health coverage (UHC), the health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other country-level health targets.
Ler maisClimate Change
Over the last 50 years, human activities – particularly the burning of fossil fuels – have released sufficient quantities of carbon dioxide
Ler maisAntimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains a critical global health threat, driven primarily by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in human health, animal health and agriculture, as well as by anthropogenic activities that result in the contamination and pollution of the environment.
Ler maisFemale Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.
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