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 »
November 02, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Media Briefing - 2 November 2022
Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening. Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Youth Day At High Level Speakers Session COP27 - 9 November 2022
Dear children and youth from all around the world, Read more »
November 06, 2022
Africa: Health Must Be Front and Centre in the COP27 Climate Change Negotiations
On the eve of the pivotal climate talks at COP27, WHO issues a grim reminder that the climate crisis continues to make people sick and jeopardizes lives and that health must be at… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Africa: Statement of the Thirty-Third Polio IHR Emergency Committee
The thirty-third meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO… Read more »
Africa: Third Meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee Regarding the Multi-Country Outbreak of Monkeypox
The WHO Director-General transmits the report of the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the multi-country outbreak of… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Kunskapsveckan (Week of Knowledge) - 1 November 2022
Professor Neely, Read more »
October 28, 2022
Africa: WHO Launches 4th Health for All Film Festival
WHO has launched a call for short films for the 4th edition of the Health for All Film Festival. Read more »
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 25, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the World Bio Summit 2022
Your Excellency President Yoon, Read more »
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 »