Africa: Skin-Related Neglected Tropical Diseases - WHO Launches New Version of the WHO Skin NTDs Mobile Application

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce the release of an enhanced version of its Skin NTDs App, a valuable tool designed to assist front-line health workers in… Read more »

Africa: Message By the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals At WHO - September 2023

Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO Read more »

Africa: Quadripartite Launches the Working Group On Youth Engagement for Antimicrobial Resistance

The Quadripartite (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization and World Organization for Animal… Read more »

Africa: Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Shown to Be Highly Cost-Effective, Highlighting the Need to Intensify Scale Up and Sustainability

UNAIDS' Global AIDS Update - The Path that Ends AIDS underscores 2 main challenges faced by voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programmes: diminished funding and low… Read more »

Africa: WHO Recommends R21/Matrix-M Vaccine for Malaria Prevention in Updated Advice On Immunization

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, for the prevention of malaria in children. The recommendation follows advice from the WHO:… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the SAGE Media Briefing

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

Africa: Ban Smoking and Vaping in School to Protect Young People

Today, the World Health Organization released two new publications, "Freedom from tobacco and nicotine: guide for schools," and "Nicotine- and tobacco-free school toolkit" to help… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Keynote Remarks At the Achieve UHC With the Private Sector UNGA Side Event

Organizer: Business Council for International Understanding Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the UN General Assembly Side-Event - Empowering Lives: Bridging the Gap for Insulin Access in Africa - 19 September 2023

Your Excellency Minister Nicolai Wammen, Read more »

Africa: UNHCR, WHO Raise Alarm as 1,200 Children Die of Suspected Measles, Malnutrition

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Health Organization (WHO) are again sounding the alarm on the worsening health situation caused by the Sudan crisis. Read more »

Nigeria: Nigeria Diphtheria Outbreak Worsens, With 5,898 Suspected Cases Reported

Since epidemiological week 26, ending 2 July 2023, Nigeria has recorded an unusual increase in cases of diphtheria across several states. From 30 June to 31 August 2023, a total of… Read more »

Africa: One in Three Men Worldwide Are Infected With Genital Human Papillomavirus

A new study has been published in The Lancet Global Health showing that almost 1 in 3 men over the age of 15 are infected with at least one genital human papillomavirus (HPV) type,… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Statement On the Passing of Lawrence Lacks Sr.

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Lawrence Lacks Sr., WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Cervical Cancer Elimination. Read more »

Africa: Statement of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Polio Ihr Emergency Committee

The thirty-sixth 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: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 25 August 2023

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

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Signing Ceremony for the Establishment of a WHO Collaborating Centre - 28 August 2023

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: WHO Initiative Signs New Licensing Agreements On Covid-19 Technologies

The COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), a multi-stakeholder partnership to facilitate sharing of intellectual property (IP), knowledge and innovations has announced three new… Read more »

Africa: Botswana National HIV Reference Laboratory Designated WHO Collaborating Centre of Excellence

The Republic of Botswana and the World Health Organization today announced designation of the Botswana National HIV Reference Laboratory as a WHO Collaborating Centre of… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the 73rd Session of the Regional Committee for Africa - 28 August 2023

Your Excellency President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit - 17 August 2023

Your Excellency Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, Chief Minister of Gujarat, Read more »

Africa: What's New in the TB Section of the 2023 WHO Model Lists of Essential Medicines

The World Health Organization's (WHO's) 2023 Model Lists of Essential Medicines, published in July 2023, features key updates to the tuberculosis (TB) section. These complement… Read more »

Africa: New WHO Guidance On HIV Viral Suppression and Scientific Updates Released At IAS 2023

The World Health Organization (WHO) is releasing new scientific and normative guidance on HIV at the 12th International IAS (the International AIDS Society) Conference on HIV… Read more »

Africa: WHO Urges Countries to Invest in Drowning Prevention to Protect Children

On World Drowning Prevention Day this year, WHO is releasing an investment case on drowning prevention showing how just two actions - investing in day care for pre-school aged… Read more »

Africa: Seven Out of 10 People Protected By At Least One Tobacco Control Measure

A new World Health Organization (WHO) report highlights that 5.6 billion people - 71% of the world's population - are now protected with at least one best practice policy to help… Read more »

Africa: WHO Launches 'One Life, One Liver' Campaign On World Hepatitis Day

To mark World Hepatitis Day, WHO is calling for scaling up testing and treatment for viral hepatitis, warning that the disease could kill more people than malaria, tuberculosis,… Read more »