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 »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Combat Poisoning From Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa - WHO

Ministers, officials and health experts from across Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations met to push forward action to halt the damaging effects of… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Public Health Event Management in Air Transport Training of Trainers Kicks Off in Harare

A joint World Health Organization and International Civil Aviation Organization Training of Trainers for Public Health Event Management in Air Transport kicked off in Harare… Read more »

Africa: President Sall Urges African Leaders to Prioritise Investment in Health

President Macky Sall of Senegal has urged African countries to invest more resources into health to address the health challenges facing the continent. Read more »