October 11, 2023
Africa: New Funding to Ensure 370 Million Children Receive Polio Vaccinations and to Boost Health Innovation in Low-Income Countries
11 October 2023: Brussels, Belgium: Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership… Read more »
July 25, 2023
Africa: Member States Continue Work On Potential Pandemic Accord
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) continued their discussions towards a global accord on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response, with a view to… Read more »
July 17, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Keynote Speech At the International Conference On Health Third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting - 17 July 2023
Honourable Minister of Finance of India, Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman, Read more »
April 03, 2023
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 5th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body - 3 April 2023
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
March 18, 2023
Africa: Second High-Level Interregional Meeting On the Health of Refugees and Migrants
Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, 3… Read more »
March 17, 2023
Africa: WHO Updates Conoravirus Variant Definitions as Virus 'Continues to Evolve'
WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better correspond to the current global variant… Read more »
January 18, 2023
Africa: WHO Announces Plans to Establish a TB Vaccine Accelerator Council
The adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tuberculosis (TB) services has brought the urgency of vaccine development efforts into sharp focus. Speaking earlier today at a… 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 »