August 29, 2023
Africa: WHO Initiative Signs New Licensing Agreements On Covid-19 Technologies
The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property (IP), knowledge and innovations has announced three new… Read more »
April 19, 2023
Africa: Global Compendium of Knowledge On Covid-19
The Global Compendium of Country Knowledge on COVID-19 vaccination is now available on TechNet21. Read more »
March 13, 2023
Africa: At Some Point in 2023 We Will Be Able to Say Covid-19 is Over as a Pandemic - WHO Chief
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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 »
December 16, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO, WIPO, WTO Joint Technical Symposium On the Covid-19 Pandemic - Response, Preparedness, Resilience - 16 December 2022
Mr Darren Tang, Read more »
December 07, 2022
Africa: WHO Member States Agree to Develop Zero Draft of Legally Binding Pandemic Accord in Early 2023
Countries meet for three days to agree next steps toward historic legal instrument, rooted in the WHO Constitution, designed to protect world from future pandemics. During… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 and Other Diseases Media Briefing - 16 November 2022
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October 28, 2022
Africa: ACT-Accelerator Launches Six Month Plan As World Transitions to Long-Term Covid-19 Control
Plan sets out the partnership's key priorities and ways of working, as countries transition to managing COVID-19 as a long-term public health issue The plan's focus is on… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Member State Information Session On Covid-19 and Other Issues - 27 October 2022
Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
Africa: Tuberculosis Deaths and Disease Increase During the Covid-19 Pandemic
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, and 1.6 million people died from TB (including 187 000 among HIV positive… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Africa: World Health Organization (WHO) Response to the External Evaluation of the Access to Covid-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A)
WHO appreciates the broad range of views on the ACT-Accelerator (ACT-A) setup, operations and results that are captured in the External Evaluation, which was commissioned by the… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Member State Information Session On Covid-19 and Other Issues - 13 October 2022
Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
September 23, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Covid-19 Global Action Plan Ministerial Meeting, New York - 23 September 2022
Your Excellency Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, Read more »
October 05, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks at the Media Briefing – 5 October 2022
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South Africa: South Africa's Vaccine Regulator Reaches New WHO Level to Ensure Safety, Quality And Effectiveness
WHO has ranked South Africa's vaccine regulatory system at a functional level of maturity, according to WHO's global classification system for national medical products regulatory… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Africa: No Time for Covid-19 Complacency, Say Key Countries Responsible for Tracking Global Rollout of Covid-19 Vaccines, Tests and Treatments
Warning comes from Norway and South Africa on behalf of the ACT-Accelerator Facilitation Council, as rollout of medical countermeasures and other tools stagnate Emphasizing the… Read more »
September 15, 2022
Africa: WHO Responds to the Lancet Covid-19 Commission
WHO welcomes the overarching recommendations of TheLancet COVID-19 Commission's report on "Lessons for the future from the COVID-19 pandemic," which align with our commitment to… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Member State Information Session On Covid-19 and Other Issues
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August 25, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 25 August 2022
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August 17, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 17 August 2022
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August 11, 2022
Africa: Interim Statement On Covid-19 Vaccination for Children
This document was first published on 24 November 2021 and was updated on 11 August 2022. Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 12 July 2022
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July 21, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Member State Information Session On Covid-19 and Other Issues - 21 July 2022
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July 19, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At Covid-19 Global Action Plan Foreign Ministerial Meeting - 19 July 2022
Your Excellency Minister Yoshimasa, Read more »
July 27, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 27 July 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Read more »