Africa: World Health Assembly Recognizes WHO's Work On PRSEAH, Calls for Continued Action

WHO Member States at the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly discussed, on 25 May 2023, progress made on the Organization's work on the Prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse and… Read more »

Africa: Global Congress Opens to Counter Harmful Marketing of Formula Milk

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are hosting the first Global Congress on the implementation of the International Code of… Read more »

Africa: Frontline Health Facilities Faltering Without Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Electricity - WHO, Unicef New Report

Worldwide, millions of lives could be saved and billions in economic losses prevented through one simple, affordable intervention: water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services in… Read more »

Africa: IOC and WHO Launch Let's Move Campaign On Olympic Day to Inspire and Enable the World to Move for Better Health

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has today announced a new global initiative to inspire and enable the world to move more every day. Led by Olympians and created in… Read more »

Africa: Training to Build Community Capacity to Meaningfully Engage in Mpox Response

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox (previously monkeypox) a public health emergency of international concern in July 2022. Globally, 87 858 confirmed mpox cases have… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Small Island Developing States (Sids) Ministerial Conference On NCDs and Mental Health - 14 June 2023

Your Excellency Minister Jerome Walcott, Read more »

Africa: Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak in Equatorial Guinea

On 13 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) after suspected viral haemorrhagic fever… Read more »

Africa: WHO and the Global Fund Announce Commitment for Enhanced Collaboration

Today the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for… Read more »

Africa: WHO Urges Governments to Stop Subsidizing Life-Threatening Tobacco Crops

On World No Tobacco Day, WHO urges governments to stop subsidizing tobacco farming and support more sustainable crops that could feed millions. Read more »

Africa: 76th World Health Assembly Adopts First Ever Resolution On Drowning Prevention

Today the 76th World Health Assembly adopted its first ever resolution on drowning prevention requesting governments and their partners, in collaboration with the World Health… Read more »

Africa: Landmark Report Charts Route for Reorienting Economies to Deliver Health for All

In the first-ever report of its kind, the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All has outlined a bold new path to reorient economies to deliver what matters - health for… Read more »

Africa: South African Opera Star Pretty Yende Appointed As WHO Goodwill Ambassadors for Arts and Health

The World Health Organization (WHO) is delighted to announce the appointment of internationally acclaimed artists Renée Fleming and Pretty Yende as Goodwill Ambassadors for… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At WHO Walk the Talk - the Health for All Challenge - 21 May 2023

Your Excellency Mauro Poggia, President of the Grand Council of the Republic and Canton of Geneva; Read more »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Tackle Stalled Progress On Health-Related Sustainable Development Goals

WHO is releasing the 2023 edition of its annual World Health Statistics report with new figures on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and the latest statistics on progress towards the… Read more »

Africa: High-Level Resource Mobilization Conference to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis

The Hepatitis Fund and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) will partner on the inaugural Global Hepatitis Resource Mobilization Conference taking place in Geneva on 17 May… Read more »

Mali: WHO Congratulates Benin and Mali for Eliminating Trachoma As a Public Health Problem

WHO has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in WHO's African Region to achieve this… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Video Message At Fifth Ihr Emergency Committee Meeting for the Multi-Country Outbreak of Mpox - 10 May 2023

Chair, Dr Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At UN Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Hearing On TB - 8 May 2023

Your Excellency Csaba Kõrösi, President of the General Assembly, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At UN Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Hearing On Pandemic Preparedness and Response - 8 May 2023

Your Excellency Csaba Kõrösi, President of the General Assembly, Read more »

Africa: 152 Million Babies Born Preterm in the Last Decade

Of every 10 babies born, 1 is preterm - and every 40 seconds, 1 of those babies dies Preterm birth rates have not changed in the past decade in any region of the world The impacts… Read more »

Africa: Lifesaving Solution Dramatically Reduces Severe Bleeding After Childbirth

A new solution, known as E-MOTIVE, could provide a major breakthrough in reducing deaths from childbirth-related bleeding, according to a landmark study published today by… Read more »

Africa: New WHO Manual Aims to Strengthen Pedestrian Safety

The World Health Organization [WHO] and partners launched a revised manual to help decision makers curb the scourge of pedestrian deaths and injuries in road traffic crashes today. Read more »

Africa: WHO and Tobacco Control Partners Urge Countries Not to Partner or Work With the Tobacco Industry

WHO is concerned with continued attempts by the tobacco industry and their surrogates to further its interests to influence scientific research, public perception, policy making,… Read more »

Africa: Global Partners Announce a New Effort - 'The Big Catch-Up' - to Vaccinate Millions of Children

The pandemic saw essential immunization levels decrease in over 100 countries, leading to rising outbreaks of measles, diphtheria, polio and yellow fever. 'The Big Catch-up' is an… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 26 April 2023

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