Africa: People Power - Introducing WHO's New 'Intention to Action' Series to Enhance the Meaningful Engagement of People With Lived Experience.

Entitled "Intention to action", WHO is launching a new publication series dedicated to the meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, mental health… Read more »

Africa: WHO Warns of Avian Flu as Cases Are Detected in China

Situation at a glance Read more »

Africa: 'Dakar Declaration' to Strengthen Data On Road Crash Deaths in Africa

Nearly half of all countries in the WHO African Region have committed to strengthening reporting on road crash fatalities, with an eye on meeting the global target of halving road… Read more »

Africa: WHO celebrates 75th anniversary and calls for health equity in face of unprecedented threats

Director-General calls on governments and leaders to take action to protect and invest in health and care workers who are at the forefront of the response to health and climate… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Media Briefing - 6 April 2023

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, Read more »

Africa: New WHO Guide Aims to Boost the Use of Life-Saving Helmets for Motorcycle Riders

The World Health Organization [WHO] launched a new manual for authorities to increase the use of helmets for motorcycle riders today. The second edition of the Helmets Manual… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 5th Global Forum On Human Resources for Health - 3 April 2023

Your Royal Highness Princess Muna al Hussein, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 5th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body - 3 April 2023

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: WHO Convenes the Fifth Global Forum On Human Resources for Health

WHO is organizing the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health from 3 to 5 April 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum, the largest gathering of the health workforce… Read more »

Africa: WHO World TB Day Message - Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Global TB Programme

Dear friends, colleagues and partners Read more »

Africa: WHO Releases Priorities for Research and Development of Age-Appropriate Antibiotics

WHO launches today the first ever list of priority paediatric formulations for antibiotics so that more targeted research and development efforts can address the specific needs of… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 23 March 2023

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Speech At the Friends of Global Health Meeting - 21 March 2023

Your Excellency Ambassador Stasch, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Quarterly Briefing for Member States On Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct - 21 March 2023

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the CSO - DG Dialogue - 'Priorities On Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights At Global, Regional and Country Levels' - 17 March 2023

Dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Visit of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies - 17 March 2023

Lieutenant General Sir George Norton, Read more »

Africa: Unitaid-Sponsored Programme Screened Over One Million Women for Cervical Cancer in Low - and Middle-Income Countries

Over 1 million women in 14 low-and middle-income countries have been screened for cervical cancer through an integrated prevention programme, delivered by country governments in… Read more »

Africa: Global Summit Maps Priorities to Turn the Tide On Postpartum Haemorrhage

The first global summit on Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) concluded in Dubai last week with renewed resolve to tackle the systemic bottlenecks that lead to more than 70,000 women… Read more »

Africa: WHO At the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - Statement At the 35th Session of the IPU Forum of Women Parliamentarians

The World Health Organization (WHO) was heartened by last year's IPU Kigali Declaration, when parliamentarians committed to stepping up our action for gender equality. Read more »

Africa: HRP Alliance Celebrates Five Years of Research Capacity Strengthening

In celebration of its five-year anniversary, the HRP Alliance recently hosted two events to facilitate dialogue between implementers, beneficiaries and coordinators about the core… Read more »

Africa: Message By the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals At WHO - March 2023

Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO Read more »

Africa: WHO Publishes Recommendations On Two New Types of Insecticide-Treated Nets

Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class -… Read more »

Africa: Massive Efforts Needed to Reduce Salt Intake and Protect Lives

A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium… Read more »

Africa: Global Meeting of the Network for Improving Quality of Care for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

14-16 March 2023, Accra, Ghana Read more »

Africa: WHO Announces New Director of the Global Malaria Programme

WHO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi, MD, MPH as Director of the Global Malaria Programme, effective 8 April 2023. Read more »