January 17, 2023
Africa: 8th WHO Technical Taskforce - Defeating Meningitis By 2030 - a Global Road Map
The 8th meeting was held from Tuesday 13th - Thursday 15th December 2022, chaired by Professor Brian Greenwood (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine - UK) and Professor… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: WHO Announces Plans to Establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator Council
The adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services has brought the urgency of vaccine development efforts into sharp focus. Speaking earlier today at a… Read more »
January 14, 2023
Africa: Close to One Billion People Globally Are Served By Health-Care Facilities With No Electricity Access or With Unreliable Electricity
Close to 1 billion people in low- and lower-middle income countries are served by health-care facilities with unreliable electricity supply or with no electricity access at all,… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Ngic High Level Meeting - 12 January 2023
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Briefing to the Member States of the African Union and Their Permanent Representatives - 12 January 2023
Your Excellency, Ambassador Dlamini, Read more »
Africa: Urgent Action Needed As Acute Malnutrition Threatens the Lives of Millions of Vulnerable Children
United Nations agencies are calling for urgent action to protect the most vulnerable children in the 15 countries hardest hit by an unprecedented food and nutrition crisis. Read more »
January 11, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 11 January 2023
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Read more »
January 04, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 4 January 2023
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Read more »
December 23, 2022
Africa: One Health in G20 Countries
The G20 countries are looking for guidance from the One Health Quadripartite in operationalizing One Health (OH) approaches. In 2022, the Quadripartite supported the Indonesian G20… Read more »
January 05, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Information Session for Member States - 5 January 2023
Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: WHO Updates COVID-19 Guidelines on Masks, Treatments and Patient Care
WHO has updated its guidelines on mask wearing in community settings, COVID-19 treatments, and clinical management. This is part of a continuous process of reviewing such… Read more »
January 10, 2023
Africa: A Child or Youth Died Once Every 4.4 Seconds in 2021 - UN Report
NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C.,10 January 2023 - An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5-24… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 21 December 2022
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Read more »
June 08, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 8 June 2022
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