Africa: Malaria Vaccine is Here - 'The World Needs Good News - And This is a Good News Story'

Shipments of the world's first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331 200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The delivery is the first to a… Read more »

Africa: WHO Issues New and Updated Recommendations on Treatment of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Conditions

The World Health Organization (WHO) has today published the third edition of the Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline which includes important new, and updated,… Read more »

Africa: WHO Leads Very High-Risk Joint Humanitarian Mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza

Editors Note: The first African Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, an Ethiopian public health researcher and expert in immunology… Read more »

Africa: WHO Costing and Budgeting Tool for National Action Plans On Antimicrobial Resistance - Catalysing Collaboration in South Sudan

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Africa: WHO Costing and Budgeting Tool for National Action Plans On Antimicrobial Resistance - Catalysing Collaboration in the United Republic of Tanzania

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Africa: WHO Unveils 5-Year Plan to Fight TB in Children and Adolescents

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the third edition of the Roadmap towards ending TB in children and adolescents, along with partners and civil society. The… Read more »

Africa: Quitting Smoking Cuts Your Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes by 30–40%

A new brief, jointly developed by WHO, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the University of Newcastle, unveils that quitting smoking can lower the risk of developing… Read more »

Africa: More Than 800 Delegates Convene to Discuss Local Production to Support Access to Medicines and Other Health Technologies

The World Local Production Forum (WLPF) is a WHO initiative providing Member States and the global community with a sustainable platform to shape the strategy, galvanize collective… Read more »

Africa: National Stakeholder Workshop for Piloting the WHO Global Guidance Framework for the Responsible Use of the Life Science in Uganda

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Africa: WHO, Unicef, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance Pass the Mid-Point of the Global 10-Year Strategy to Eliminate Yellow Fever Epidemics

The Eliminate Yellow fever Epidemics (EYE) Strategy - a partnership led by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance - launches a report following… Read more »

Africa: TB Response Recovering From Pandemic but Accelerated Efforts Needed to Meet New Targets - WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) 2023 Global tuberculosis (TB) report underscores a significant worldwide recovery in the scale-up of TB diagnosis and treatment services in… Read more »

Africa: Cholera Upsurge (2021-Present)

After decades of progress against cholera, cases are again on the rise, even in countries that had not seen the disease in years. Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 19 October 2023

Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Member State Information Session On Health Emergencies - 19 October 2023

Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: Opening Ceremony of the World Health Summit - Panel 1 - 15 October 2023

Your Excellency Minister Karl Lauterbach, Read more »

Africa: Towards a 'PRET' Workforce - Field Epidemiologists in Pandemic Planning

"Covid  19 will not be the last pandemic, not the last global health emergency. With political and financial investments now, we can advance health security, prevent and… Read more »

Africa: 13 Critical Interventions That Support Countries to Address Antimicrobial Resistance in Human Health

WHO has released a core package of 13 interventions to guide country prioritization when developing, implementing and monitoring national action plans on antimicrobial resistance… Read more »

Chad: Chad Reports Its First Dengue Outbreak

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Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Opening Ceremony of the World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany - 15 October 2023

Your Excellency Minister Karl Lauterbach, Read more »

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 »

Africa: WHO Issues Global Plan to Tackle Leading Cause of Death in Childbirth

WHO today released its first roadmap to tackle postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) - defined as excessive bleeding after childbirth - which affects millions of women annually and is the… Read more »

Africa: Recommended Composition of Influenza Virus Vaccines for Use in the 2024 Southern Hemisphere Influenza Season

The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza vaccines for the 2024 influenza season in the southern hemisphere.… Read more »

Africa: Top Donor Germany Signs Major Contribution to WHO for Health Emergencies - Signs Host Agreement for WHO Pandemic Hub

Germany deepened its longstanding engagement with WHO on Thursday with two new agreements: one to contribute a further €40 million to WHO's work in health emergencies, and a… Read more »

Egypt: Statement to the Media On Certification of Egypt Reaching the Gold Tier On the Path to Elimination for Hcv Cairo, Egypt - 9 October 2023

I have just had the honour of meeting with His Excellency President El-Sisi, and presenting him with the official certification that Egypt has become the first country in the world… Read more »

Egypt: WHO Commends Egypt for Its Progress On the Path to Eliminate Hepatitis C

The Arab Republic of Egypt has become the first country to achieve the "gold tier" status on the path to elimination of hepatitis C as per WHO criteria. This means that Egypt has… Read more »