COVID-19 pandemic slows progress against tuberculosis
Download logoThe COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to health services has seen an increase in tuberculosis deaths in Africa, the first such rise in more than...
Up to 75,000 people living in a remote camp in eastern...
Up to 75,000 displaced people – including 35,000 children - living in a remote and inaccessible hilltop camp for displaced people in the province...
Video News Release: WHO Africa COVID-19 online press briefing
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Africa cuts HIV infections, deaths but key targets still elusive
Africa has made significant progress against HIV over the past decade, reducing new infections by 43% and nearly halving AIDS-related deaths. However, the continent...
Humanitarian Coordinator a.i. in South Sudan Visits Flood-affected Areas and Warns...
Download logoThe Humanitarian Coordinator ad interim in South Sudan, Arafat Jamal, recently met with flood-affected people in Jonglei and Unity states. He warns of...
UN Allocates $40 Million from Emergency Funds to Humanitarian Response in...
Download logoUN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths today allocated US$25 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to support life-saving humanitarian assistance and protection...
Madagascar: Solidarity Urgently Needed as the Climate Crisis Threatens the Lives...
Download logoThe Humanitarian Coordinator for Madagascar, Issa Sanogo, today called on the international community to urgently increase its support to people facing severe hunger...
UN allocates $13M from CERF for response to flooding in South...
Download logoEmergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths has allocated $13 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for an urgent response to large-scale flooding...
Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise in...
Download logoAfrican countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the...
WFP Geneva Palais Briefing Note: Humanitarian Operations in northern Ethiopia
Download logoThe United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) calls on all parties to the conflict in northern Ethiopia to respect humanitarian operations and assets...