August 29, 2023
Africa: Dr Matshidiso Moeti Receives Botswana's Presidential Order for Meritorious Service Award
The President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi, awarded the Presidential Order for Meritorious Service Award to WHO Regional Director for Africa,… Read more »
August 25, 2023
Africa: WHO Celebrates Inaugural Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme Recipients
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa this week inaugurated the first cohort of candidates of the Mwele Malecela Mentorship (MMM) Programme for Women in… Read more »
August 30, 2023
Africa: Health Leaders Vow to Enhance Response As Africa Marks a Year Without Wild Polio Detection
As the African region marks one year since the last confirmed detection of wild poliovirus type 1, Ministers of Health and other health leaders gathering for the Seventy-third… Read more »
August 31, 2023
Africa: Off-Track Cervical Cancer Progress Risks 70,000 Deaths Every Year in Africa
About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to… Read more »
August 30, 2023
Africa: Funding Crisis Threatens Africa's Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases
With chronic underfunding threatening Africa's fight to control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases, health officials and donors meeting for the World Health Organization… Read more »
Africa: African Health Ministers Mobilize Against Dangerous Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
Gaborone, 29 August 2023 – African health ministers today endorsed a regional strategy to ramp up action against antimicrobial resistance, which is estimated to have directly… Read more »
August 29, 2023
Africa: Bridging the Funding Gap to Defeat Malaria in Africa
Senior Africa health officials, donors and development partners convened today on the side-lines of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa and urged for… Read more »
August 28, 2023
Africa: African Health Ministers Kick Off Region's Flagship Health Meeting
African health ministers and government representatives today opened the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa to discuss and… Read more »
June 14, 2023
Africa: Low Donor Numbers Hamper Africa's National Blood Services
A terrible car accident in late 2022 in Ghana's southern Akuse town left Nana Serwaa Brakatuo in a critical condition. With a ruptured liver and blood clots in the lungs, doctors… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Africa: Tackling Health Impacts of Plastic Pollution in Africa
Every year more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced globally and an estimated 19-23 million tons end up in lakes, rivers and seas. However, less than 10% of the world's… Read more »
May 26, 2023
Africa: Africa's Largest Polio Vaccination Drive Since 2020 Targets 21 Million Children
Africa's largest polio vaccination campaign since 2020 kicks off today in three West and Central African countries, in a combined effort by national health authorities to immunise… Read more »
April 20, 2023
Africa: Africa Needs to Vaccinate 33 Million Children to Put Progress Back On Track
An estimated 33 million children will need to be vaccinated in Africa between 2023 and 2025 to put the continent back on track to achieve the 2030 global immunization goals that… Read more »
March 24, 2023
Africa: Africa's TB Reduction Rate Falls Short Amid Slowing Global Progress
The African region is recording around 4% annual decline rate in tuberculosis (TB) cases. Although the rate is double the global pace, the region risks missing major milestones and… Read more »
March 10, 2023
Africa: Southern African Countries Call for Urgent Action Against Cholera, Climate-Related Health Emergencies
Ministers of Health and Water and Sanitation and Environment from 11 southern African countries today called for urgent action to facilitate cooperation and collaboration on the… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: Africa Burdened With Largest Global Increase of Oral Diseases
Around 44% of the population in the African region suffer from oral diseases, and while the region has experienced the steepest rise globally in oral diseases over the last three… Read more »
March 08, 2023
Africa: WHO, UNV Programme Launch Second Phase of Africa Women Health Champions Initiative
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme today launched the second phase of the Africa Women Health… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Africa: Over 33 Million Children Vaccinated Against Wild Poliovirus in Southern Africa
A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild poliovirus type 1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated… Read more »
Africa: WHO Welcomes Canadian Commitment of CAD$ 30 Million to Reinforce Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts and Strengthen Health Systems in Africa
A CAD$ 30 million project in partnership with Canada's Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) is set to significantly bolster targeted, equitable delivery of COVID-19… Read more »
February 19, 2023
Africa: African Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Revitalize Routine Immunization
African heads of state today agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent following massive disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic that stymied… Read more »
February 09, 2023
Africa: New Cholera Cases in Africa Surging Fast, Reach a Third of 2022 Total in a Month
Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30%… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Africa: Africa Emerges From Holiday Travel Season With Low Number of Covid-19 Cases
Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Read more »
December 22, 2022
Africa: How Wastewater Surveillance Is Helping Fight Disease
Twice a week, a team of scientists from South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) traverses the country's metropolitan areas, visiting up to 50 wastewater… Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: Curbing Maternal Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire
It is vaccination day, baby cries fill the courtyard of the Botro General Hospital, about 400 kilometres north of Abidjan. Henriette Ouattara, who gave birth a few months ago at… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Burden Lessens in Africa, Vigilance Crucial As Year-End Season Begins
While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise--the first such sustained increase in four… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Bolstering Africa's Health Emergency Readiness and Response
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in partnership with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, West African Health Organization, United… Read more »