October 27, 2022
Africa: WHO Releases First-Ever List of Health-Threatening Fungi
WHO today published a report highlighting the first-ever list of fungal "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of the 19 fungi that represent the greatest threat to public… Read more »
October 21, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond Event - 21 October 2022
President Jennifer Jones, Holger Knaack, Mark Maloney, Ian Riseley and other senior leaders joining us online, Read more »
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 20, 2022
Africa: "A Network to See River Blindness Gone"
A new WHO network is aiming to ensure that onchocerciasis will soon be gone, in line with the targets set out in the 2030 Road map for neglected tropical diseases. Read more »
Africa: Pharma, Tech and Social Media Companies Join Forces With WHO to Launch the Tobacco Cessation Consortium During World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany
During the World Health Summit in Berlin, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, formally launched the Tobacco Cessation Consortium, a group of partners in the… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 3rd Meeting of the Ihr Emergency Committee - Multi-Country Outbreak of Monkeypox - 20 October 2022
Our chair, Dr Okwo-Bele, Read more »
October 19, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Media Briefing - 19 October 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Read more »
Africa: Shortage of Cholera Vaccines Leads to Temporary Suspension of Two-Dose Strategy, As Cases Rise Worldwide
A strained global supply of cholera vaccines has obliged the International Coordinating Group (ICG) -- the body which manages emergency supplies of vaccines -- to temporarily… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At "Protect the Promise - Equal Access and Opportunity for Every Woman, Child and Adolescent", World Health Summit - 18 October 2022
Your Excellency the Right Honourable Helen Clark, Read more »
October 19, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the 11th Meeting of the WHO Member State Mechanism On Substandard and Falsified Medical Products - 19 October 2022
Dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Closing Remarks At the World Health Summit - Moving Into the Future: Making the Political Choice for Health - 18 October 2022
Your Excellency Dr Tobias Lindner, Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Speech At 'Investing in a Polio-Free Future for More Resilient Health Systems', World Health Summit - 18 October 2022
Your Excellency Minister Schulze, Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Sustaining Action Against Antimicrobial Resistance - A Case Series Of Country Experiences
The World Bank and the WHO published a case series of country experiences in recognition of the collaborative need to better support countries as they strive to address the growing… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: Global Leaders Commit U.S.$ 2.6 Billion At World Health Summit To End Polio
Today, global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio at a pledging moment co-hosted by… Read more »
Africa: WHO Launches New Campaign To Amplify The Lived Experience Of People Affected By Cancer
Today, WHO is launching the first global survey to better understand and address the needs of all those affected by cancer. The survey is part of a broader campaign, designed with… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Is The First County In Africa To Announce Regulatory Approval For Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir For HIV Prevention
Today, the Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe announced that it has approved the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV… Read more »
October 18, 2022
Africa: Staggering Backsliding Across Women's, Children's And Adolescents' Health Revealed In New UN Analysis
A new UN report shows that women's and children's health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with devastating… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Namibia: WHO Director-General's Remarks At The Leading Change - Heroines Of Health Gala, World Health Summit - 17 October 2022
Your Excellency Monica Geingos, First Lady of Namibia, Read more »
Africa: UNICEF And WHO Welcome KSrelief Funding For Measles And Polio Epidemics Prevention
The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF welcomed today funding agreements from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) valued at US$ 10 million to… Read more »
October 16, 2022
Africa: Taking the Prescribed Action - the Healthcare Providers Who Protect Our Children's Present Are Riding to Protect Their Future
Experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Diarmid Campbell Lendrum and Dr Samantha Pegoraro will be joining a group of paediatricians and other health professionals… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Keynote Speech At the Parallel Session At the Bundestag On the Role of Parliaments in Supporting Sustainable Financing for WHO T - 17 October 2022
Honourable Professor Ullmann, Read more »
October 16, 2022
Africa: Henrietta Lacks' Family Appointed World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassadors for Cervical Cancer Elimination
WHO's Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today appointed the Lacks family as WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Cervical Cancer Elimination. The appointment recognizes their… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Africa: Towards Stronger Food Safety Systems and Global Cooperation
Today WHO launches the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety 2022-2030, adopted by Member States at the 75th Session of the World Health Assembly - Resolution WHA75(22). The launch… Read more »
October 16, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At "A New Era for Women's Cancer" - Who Goodwill Ambassador Special Announcements, World Health Summit - 16 October 2022
Good afternoon everybody, it's an honour to be here. Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Panel Discussion "From Words to Action for Better Noncommunicable Disease Outcomes", World Health Summit - 16 October 2022
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