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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 10 December 2024

Good afternoon, and a very warm welcome to our friends from ACANU to our final media briefing for 2024. Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Dialogue Session From the Bandung Spirit Water Summit to the UN 2026 Water Conference

Organizers: High-level Experts and Leaders Panel on Water and Disasters; the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Indonesia to the UN; World Meteorological Organization and other… Read more »

Africa: WHO Announces First Prequalification of a Tuberculosis Diagnostic Test

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) called Xpert® MTB/RIF Ultra. It is the first test for TB… Read more »

Africa: Senegal and Rwanda Achieve WHO Maturity Level 3 in Medicines Regulation

Senegal and Rwanda have become the seventh and eighth countries in Africa to reach Maturity Level 3 (ML3) in WHO's global classification of national regulatory authorities,… Read more »

Africa: Statement of the Fortieth Meeting of the Polio Ihr Emergency Committee

The fortieth 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 Trains Policy-Makers to Enhance Health Outcomes for Refugees and Migrants

On 25 November 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) Health and Migration Department launched a training programme in Rome, Italy, which brought together policy-makers from… Read more »

Africa: International Pathogen Surveillance Network Announces First Recipients of Grants to Better Understand Disease Threats

The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners announced 10 projects that will receive almost US$ 2 million in grants to improve capacities in pathogen genomic surveillance. Read more »

Africa: The Silent Killer - Why Chronic Respiratory Disease Deserves Global Attention

Each year, over 3 million lives are silently cut short by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a noncommunicable disease too often overlooked despite affecting over 380… Read more »

Africa: WHO Investment Round - Culminating Moment At G20 Summit As Leaders Pledge

The first-ever Investment Round of the World Health Organization (WHO) reached a culminating moment during the G20 Leaders' Summit today in Rio de Janeiro, chaired by the President… Read more »

Africa: WHO Adds LC16m8 Mpox Vaccine to Emergency Use Listing

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the LC16m8 mpox vaccine, making it the second mpox vaccine to be supported by WHO following the… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the G20 Leaders' Summit - 18 November 2024

President Lula da Silva, Read more »

Africa: WHO and Partners Rally Cervical Cancer Elimination Efforts

As world leaders arrive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the G20 Summit this weekend, the city's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue will be illuminated in the colour teal. The… Read more »

Africa: WHO Announces Surge In Measles Cases Globally

Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S.… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Wish - High-Level Roundtable - Protecting Health in Armed Conflict - 14 November 2024

Your Highness, Read more »