February 20
Africa: Boost Road Safety for People, Planet and Prosperity
Global leaders must take urgent, concerted action to end road carnage Read more »
February 11
Africa: WHO, St. Jude Launch Groundbreaking International Delivery of Childhood Cancer Medicines
The World Health Organization (WHO) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have commenced distribution of critically-needed childhood cancer medicines in 2 of 6 pilot countries,… Read more »
February 07
Congo-Kinshasa: Dire Health and Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Prompts Escalation of Efforts By WHO, Partners
The recent surge in violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has led to significant loss of life, trauma, displacement, and the destruction of critical health… Read more »
February 06
Africa: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End Female Genital Mutilation
Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars on girls and women. This harmful practice… Read more »
February 04
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Farewell Remarks for Outgoing Regional Director Moeti
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
February 03
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the 156th Session of the Executive Board
Honourable Chair, Dr Jerome Walcott, Read more »
Uganda: Groundbreaking Ebola Vaccination Trial Launches Today in Uganda
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from… Read more »
January 31
Uganda: WHO and Partners Enable Access to Candidate Vaccine and Treatments for Outbreak of Sudan Ebola Virus Disease in Uganda
WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government's response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family),… Read more »
January 30
Africa: WHO Verifies Niger As the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in… Read more »
January 29
Guinea: Guinea Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis As a Public Health Problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem. This form of human African… Read more »
January 24
Africa: Multi-country Outbreak of Cholera, External Situation Report #22 - 24 January 2025
From 1 January to 29 December 2024, a cumulative total of 804 721 cholera cases and 5805 deaths were reported from 33 countries across five WHO regions. The number of cases and… Read more »
January 16
Africa: WHO Launches U.S.$ 1.5 Billion Health Emergency Appeal to Tackle Unprecedented Global Health Crises
Conflict, climate change, epidemics, and displacement are converging to create an unparalleled global health crisis, with 305 million people in urgent need of humanitarian… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 16 January 2025
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, happy New Year, and welcome to our first global media briefing for 2025. Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Launch of WHO's 2025 Health Emergency Appeal - 16 January 2025
Excellencies, Honourable Ministers, dear partners, colleagues and friends, Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the XXXI High-Level Meeting - From Promise to Impact: Implementing the Pact for the Future and COP29 Commitments - 16 January 2025
Your Excellency, former president and NGIC co-chair, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Read more »
January 14
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Regional Committee for Africa Meeting - 14 January 2025
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening, and a happy New Year to all Member States. Read more »
December 30, 2024
Africa: Milestone - Covid-19 Five Years Ago
Five years ago on 31 December 2019, WHO's Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of 'viral… Read more »
December 23, 2024
Africa: Statement on the Antigen Composition of COVID-19 Vaccines
Vaccination remains an important public health countermeasure against COVID-19. As per the WHO Director General’s standing recommendations for COVID-19, Member States are… Read more »
December 17, 2024
Africa: Strengthening the Training of Health And Care Workers to Build Resilient Health Systems
We, the member countries of the Group of Friends of the WHO Academy, reaffirm our commitment to support the WHO Academy, an essential tool for strengthening the skills and… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO Academy Opening Ceremony
Your Excellency President Macron, Read more »
December 13, 2024
Africa: Drowning Deaths Decline Globally but the Most Vulnerable Remain At Risk
The World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its first-ever report on drowning prevention, which reveals a 38% drop in the global drowning death rate since 2000--a major global… Read more »
December 12, 2024
Africa: New WHO Report Reveals Governments Deprioritizing Health Spending
The 2024 Global Heath Expenditure Report by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the average per capita government spending on health in all country income groups fell in… Read more »
December 11, 2024
Africa: Partnership Established to Advance WHO's Road Map for Neglected Tropical Diseases 2021-2030
The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund and the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further expand their partnership to… Read more »
Africa: Over 1 in 5 Adults Worldwide Has a Genital Herpes Infection – WHO
Around 846 million people aged between 15 and 49 are living with genital herpes infections – more than 1 in 5 of this age-group globally - according to new estimates r… Read more »
Africa: Reinvigorated Global Efforts Needed to Curb Rising Malaria Threat
New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveal that an estimated 2.2 billion cases of malaria and 12.7 million deaths have been averted since 2000, but the disease… Read more »