Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At Event On Climate Change and Its Link to Health, Labour and Human Rights

Your Excellency Dr A. K. Abdul Momen, Foreign Minister of Bangladesh, Read more »

Africa: ILO Joins the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-Being for All

The 12 signatory agencies to the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP) warmly welcome the International Labour Organization (ILO) as a new member… Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Pushes for Companionship in Labour to Improve Maternal Health Services

"My husband was with me in the delivery room during the birth of our second child. His presence made the labour pain tolerable. It gave me a sense of calm as it had a psychological… Read more »

Africa: Global Challenge for Movement On Mental Health Kicks Off As Lack of Investment in Mental Health Leaves Millions Without Access to Services

Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health Read more »

Africa: Managing the Covid-19 Infodemic - Promoting Healthy Behaviours and Mitigating the Harm from Misinformation and Disinformation

Joint statement by WHO, UN, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO, UNAIDS, ITU, UN Global Pulse, and IFRC Read more »

South Africa: World Mental Health Day - an Opportunity to Kick-Start a Massive Scale-Up in Investment in Mental Health

Joint release by the World Health Organization, United for Global Mental Health and the World Federation for Mental Health Read more »

Africa: Who Director-General's Remarks for the Webinar - Harnessing Science, Technology and Innovation in Response to Covid-19 - 31 July 2020

Ministries of health, science and trade, South Africa Conference on harnessing science, technology and innovation in response to COVID-19 Read more »

Africa: Over 10 000 Health Workers in Africa Infected With Covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) today warned of the threat posed by COVID-19 to health workers across Africa. More than 10 000 health workers in the 40 countries which have… Read more »

Rwanda: COVID-19 Response in Rwanda - Use of Drones in Community Awareness

During the first phase of lockdown that started on 21 March in Rwanda, the Government of Rwanda observed that some of the densely populated neighbourhoods and high-risk zones were… Read more »

Africa: WHO in Africa Holds First 'Hackathon' for COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa hosted its first virtual 'hackathon' bringing together 100 leading innovators from across sub-Saharan Africa in a bid… Read more »

Seychelles: Nurses' and Midwives' Critical Role to the Provision of Health Services in the Seychelles Strongly Articulated At the Launching of the 'Year of the Nurse and Midwife'

Nurses' and midwives' critical role to the provision of health services in the Seychelles strongly articulated at the launching of the "Year of the Nurse and Midwife" Read more »

Senegal: When Microfinance Leads to Major Healing - Bridging Agriculture and Health in Senegal

Astou Dieng recently joined a savings group cooperative with many other women farmers that is changing her health and the health of her family. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigerians Urged to Be More Cautious to Prevent Falling Victim to Road Traffic Accidents

Nigerians are being reminded to be more careful on the road in order not to become victims of road traffic accidents. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Speeding Up Detection to Slow Down Ebola - Smartphone App Is Game-Changer

Standing in front of her house, Kavira Kasomo chats with Léa Kanyere as if they are old friends. Kanyere shows Kasomo something on her mobile phone that makes her smile.… Read more »

Tanzania: Ebola Simulation Drills in Tanzania Trade Worry for Calm At Border Entry Points

A wooden boat sways idyllically in a marsh of the Malagarasi River where it begins from an eastern mouth of the great Lake Tanganyika, Africa's deepest lake and the world's longest… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Leads the Way in Africa With Electronic Disease Surveillance

Sierra Leone has become the first country in Africa to fully transform its national disease surveillance system from paper-based to web-based electronic platform. As from today,… Read more »

Mauritius: Promoting Cycling for Health, Environment Protection and Road Safety

All were set for the members of the public present at Roche Bois Youth Centre to start the road cycling activity 'Pédaler en toute securité, organized by the Ministry… Read more »

Africa: The Mobile Phone App That Discovers Disease and Saves Lives

What if a mobile phone could prevent a health epidemic? It may sound like science fiction, but the World Health Organization's (WHO) Polio Geographic Information System (GIS)… Read more »