November 17, 2022
Africa: Who and the Netherlands Call for Stronger Cooperation Under the New Dutch Global Health Strategy
Mr Roland Driece, Director for International Relations at the Netherlands' Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, Mr Gerard Steeghs, Director Multilateral Organisations and Human… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Africa: Unitaid-Sponsored Programs Progress Toward the 90 Percent Treatment Target for Women With Precancerous Lesions
Two years following the launch of the Global Strategy, Unitaid-supported programs are paving the way for the achievement of the 90% target for treatment of women identified with… Read more »
Africa: International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) Expands Gynecologic Oncology Fellowships for Improved Access to Cervical Cancer Treatment Services
To mark the second anniversary of the Global Strategy to eliminate cervical cancer, the International Gynecologic Cancer Society (IGCS) announced the launch of its newest Global… Read more »
Africa: Tackling Emerging Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Africa
WHO is launching today a new strategy to respond to the urgent problem of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa. The strategy is being released during World Antimicrobial… Read more »
Africa: An Emerging Roadmap to Regulating Sanitation Services
Kate Medlicott (WHO), Yvonne Magawa (ESAWAS), Peter Mutale (NAWASCO), Chola Mbilima (NWASCO), Sam Drabble (WSUP), Mohammad Said Al Hmaidi (WSRC), Massa Antoine Traore (MoESSD,… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Africa: Progress and Pathway Towards Elimination of Cervical Cancer Among Women Living With HIV
Two years on from the launch of the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, and documentation of the higher risk for cervical cancer that women living… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 and Other Diseases Media Briefing - 16 November 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: African Journalists Tool Up to Tackle Road Carnage
On the road from Kakamega to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, traffic grinds to a halt. Read more »
November 16, 2022
Africa: WHO and FP2030 to Strengthen Cooperation for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
PATTAYA, 16th November 2022 --- Meeting on the sidelines of the International Conference on Family Planning in Thailand, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Special… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: FAO/Who Joint Media Advisory - Codex Alimentarius Commission
The 45th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission will be held at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy starting from 21 November, with the possibility of following the various… Read more »
November 13, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Launch of the Pandemic Fund G20 Joint Finance Health Ministers Meeting - 13 November 2022
First I would like to thank His Excellency President Widodo for his message, Read more »
November 23, 2022
Africa: Nearly 40 Million Children Are Dangerously Susceptible to Growing Measles Threat
Measles vaccination coverage has steadily declined since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, a record high of nearly 40 million children missed a measles vaccine dose:… Read more »
November 14, 2022
Africa: Knowledgeable Patients - Are We Ready for Them? World Diabetes Day 2022
The prevalence of diabetes is increasing among people of all ages in the WHO European Region and is already affecting 10–12% of the population in certain Member States. In a… Read more »
Africa: African Region Tops World in Undiagnosed Diabetes - WHO Analysis
Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness and death, potentially worsening the situation in the region… Read more »
South Africa: World Diabetes Day 2020 - Introducing the Global Diabetes Compact
This year’s World Diabetes Day falls during a global pandemic which has already taken the lives of well over a million people. People with diabetes are paying a particularly… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Sudan: Dracunculiasis Eradication - Strong Cross-Border Collaboration Towards Certification of Sudan in 2023
International cross-border coordination meeting to strengthen Guinea worm surveillance and response in areas bordering Chad, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Sudan, 13-14 November 2022,… Read more »
November 10, 2022
Africa: WHO, WIPO, WTO to Hold Technical Symposium On Response, Preparedness to Future Pandemics
The World Health Organization (WHO), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) will hold on 16 December a joint technical symposium… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: Global Meeting On Strengthening Public-Private Provider Engagement Calls for Greater Collaboration With All Care Providers to Get the TB Response Back-On-Track and to Enhance Accountability
Over 120 participants from countries, partners and civil society came together for the first time in-person since the pandemic, at the Global Meeting of the Working Group on… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 9 November 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Opening Ceremony of the COP27 Health Pavilion - 8 November 2022
Your Excellency Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks On the Launch of a Communiqué On the Development of Pharmaceuticals for Global Public Health - 8 November 2022
Your Excellency Prime Minister Mia Mottley, Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: We Need Food, Not Tobacco - Focus of the World No Tobacco Day 2023
A global food crisis is growing fueled by conflict, climate change, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the ripple effects of the war in Ukraine driving rising prices of… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: Highlights of Some Health Key Health Events At COP27
As world leaders open pivotal climate talks at COP-27 in Sharm El Sheikh next week, the stakes will be too high for our planet to end this year's conference without resolving… Read more »
Uganda: Global Health Agencies Outline Plan to Support Ugandan Government-Led Response to Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease
Following the declaration of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda on 20 September 2022, the outbreak has now spread to seven districts (Kasanda, Kyegegwa, Bunyangabu and Kagadi districts… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Is the First Country in Africa to Announce Regulatory Approval for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir for HIV Prevention
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) announced that it has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV… Read more »