Transforming Africa’s health system in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
As Africa strives to recover from the deepfelt impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities and experts gathering this week for the Seventy-second session...
African Union and World Health Organization (WHO) Urge Swift Action Against...
Download logoThe African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis...
African Health Ministers Adopt New Regional Strategy to Transform Health Security
Download logoSpurred by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fragile health systems, African health ministers this week adopted a new eight-year strategy...
Africa’s flagship health forum wraps up
Download logoThe Seventy-second session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa wound up today after five days of deliberations and adoption...
WHO Africa Online Briefing
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COVID-19 Threatens Elimination of Deadly Form of Meningitis in Africa, more...
Download logoWith the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk...
World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health Train 29...
Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Uganda’s Ministry of Health, has commenced a five-day training for 29 emergency responders from...
National Experts Converge to Review Public Health Surveillance Data in Sierra...
Download logoPublic health experts in Sierra Leone are meeting to review data of the past three months on trend of priority diseases in the...
Healthy Life Expectancy in Africa Rises by Almost Ten Years
Download logoHealthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, a World Health...
WHO recommends long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
Download logoWHO today released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and called for countries to consider...
