Africa: WHO Warns of Avian Flu as Cases Are Detected in China

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Africa: People Power - Introducing WHO's New 'Intention to Action' Series to Enhance the Meaningful Engagement of People With Lived Experience.

Entitled "Intention to action", WHO is launching a new publication series dedicated to the meaningful engagement of people living with noncommunicable diseases, mental health… Read more »

Africa: 'Dakar Declaration' to Strengthen Data On Road Crash Deaths in Africa

Nearly half of all countries in the WHO African Region have committed to strengthening reporting on road crash fatalities, with an eye on meeting the global target of halving road… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Media Briefing - 6 April 2023

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

Africa: New WHO Guide Aims to Boost the Use of Life-Saving Helmets for Motorcycle Riders

The World Health Organization [WHO] launched a new manual for authorities to increase the use of helmets for motorcycle riders today. The second edition of the Helmets Manual… Read more »

Africa: WHO celebrates 75th anniversary and calls for health equity in face of unprecedented threats

Director-General calls on governments and leaders to take action to protect and invest in health and care workers who are at the forefront of the response to health and climate… Read more »

Africa: WHO Convenes the Fifth Global Forum On Human Resources for Health

WHO is organizing the Fifth Global Forum on Human Resources for Health from 3 to 5 April 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Forum, the largest gathering of the health workforce… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 5th Meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body - 3 April 2023

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At 5th Global Forum On Human Resources for Health - 3 April 2023

Your Royal Highness Princess Muna al Hussein, Read more »

Africa: WHO World TB Day Message - Dr Tereza Kasaeva, Director, WHO Global TB Programme

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Africa: WHO Releases Priorities for Research and Development of Age-Appropriate Antibiotics

WHO launches today the first ever list of priority paediatric formulations for antibiotics so that more targeted research and development efforts can address the specific needs of… Read more »

Africa: WHO Announces New Director of the Global Malaria Programme

WHO is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Daniel Ngamije Madandi, MD, MPH as Director of the Global Malaria Programme, effective 8 April 2023. Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 23 March 2023

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

Africa: The Cholera Emergency Is Avoidable

The world is facing an upsurge in cholera, even touching countries that have not had the disease in decades. Years of progress against this age-old disease have disappeared. While… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the World TB Day Online Talk - 22 March 2023

Your Excellency Ambassador Chen Xu, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Speech At the Friends of Global Health Meeting - 21 March 2023

Your Excellency Ambassador Stasch, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Quarterly Briefing for Member States On Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct - 21 March 2023

Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »

Africa: Second High-Level Interregional Meeting On the Health of Refugees and Migrants

Amid the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes in the Syrian Arab Republic and Türkiye over a month ago, as well as the ongoing war in Ukraine now past its one-year mark, 3… Read more »

Africa: WHO Updates Conoravirus Variant Definitions as Virus 'Continues to Evolve'

WHO has updated its tracking system and working definitions for variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to better correspond to the current global variant… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the CSO - DG Dialogue - 'Priorities On Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights At Global, Regional and Country Levels' - 17 March 2023

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Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Visit of the UK Royal College of Defence Studies - 17 March 2023

Lieutenant General Sir George Norton, Read more »

Africa: WHO Signs Partnership Agreement With Mapaction

MapAction has signed the Standby Partnership Agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO) which will allow the UK-based emergency response and disaster preparedness charity… Read more »

Africa: Five Cities Recognized for Public Health Achievements At Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece… Read more »

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

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

Africa: WHO Publishes Recommendations On Two New Types of Insecticide-Treated Nets

Since 2005, over 2 billion insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) have been distributed worldwide to prevent malaria. All of these nets were treated with only one insecticide class -… Read more »