December 23, 2022
Africa: One Health in G20 Countries
The G20 countries are looking for guidance from the One Health Quadripartite in operationalizing One Health (OH) approaches. In 2022, the Quadripartite supported the Indonesian G20… Read more »
December 21, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 21 December 2022
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening. Read more »
December 19, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the PRSEAH Quarterly Member State Briefing Organizers
Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
December 16, 2022
Africa: WHO, WIPO, WTO Call for Innovation and Cooperation to Support Timely Access to Pandemic Products
The Joint Technical Symposium held on 16 December by the World Health Organization (WHO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO)… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO, WIPO, WTO Joint Technical Symposium On the Covid-19 Pandemic - Response, Preparedness, Resilience - 16 December 2022
Mr Darren Tang, Read more »
December 15, 2022
Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Declares DR Congo Free of Guinea-worm Disease Transmission
The World Health Organization (WHO) is proud to announce that it has certified the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as free of transmission of Dracunculus medinensis, the… Read more »
Africa: The Quadripartite Establishes Technical Group On Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Integrated Surveillance (QTG-AIS)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to animal and human health, food security, economic growth, and development. It is mostly driven by the inappropriate use of… Read more »
December 14, 2022
Africa: Accelerated Action Needed to Ensure Safe Drinking-Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for All
Urgent action is needed globally and locally to achieve safe and sustainably managed water, sanitation and hygiene for all in order to prevent devastating impacts on the health of… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Information Session On Universal Health and Preparedness Review - 14 December 2022
Honourable Ministers, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 14 December 2022
Good afternoon, and a very warm welcome to our friends from ACANU and the Geneva press corps, as we approach the end of 2022. Read more »
December 13, 2022
Africa: EMFLU 2.0 - Improved Flu Data Sharing in the Eastern Mediterranean
A new and improved Eastern Mediterranean Flu Network (EMFLU 2.0) promises to be a more flexible and efficient tool for sharing epidemiological and virological data on influenza in… Read more »
Africa: WHO Calls On Countries to Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages to Save Lives
Today, WHO released its first-ever global tax manual for sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). Currently, at least 85 countries implement some type of SBB taxation. Read more »
Africa: World Health Organization Names Sir Jeremy Farrar As Chief Scientist, Dr Amelia Latu Afuhaamango Tuipulotu As Chief Nursing Officer
WHO announced that Dr Jeremy Farrar will become its new Chief Scientist. Currently, Director of the Wellcome Trust, Dr Farrar will join WHO in the second quarter of 2023. Read more »
December 11, 2022
Cameroon: Cameroon Steps Up Vaccination Efforts With Support From WHO, UNICEF, WB and Other Partners
On 14-18 November 2022, representatives and staff members from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, GAVI, USAID and Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) came together during… Read more »
Nigeria: Supporting the mPox Response in Nigeria
In the African region, over 70% of the mpox cases reported in 2022 originate from four countries. Nigeria is one of these priority countries, with a recorded 530 suspected cases… Read more »
December 10, 2022
Africa: FIFA World Cup Semi-Final Eve Kicks Off With'Be Active - Bring the Moves' Public Event to Celebrate Health for All
Universal Health Coverage Day (12 December) will be celebrated alongside the Scoring 4 the Goals campaign taking place on the sidelines of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, with a… Read more »
December 09, 2022
Africa: Ebola Trial Candidate Vaccines Arrive in Uganda in Record 79 Days After Outbreak Declared
The first doses of one of the three candidate vaccines against Sudan ebolavirus arrived in Uganda yesterday. These will be evaluated in a clinical trial called the Solidarity… Read more »
Africa: FIFA and WHO to Mark International Human Rights Day With Anti-Discrimination Message
#NoDiscrimination message to be displayed at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ quarter-final matches International Human Rights Day is on 10 December FIFA and FIFPRO have… Read more »
December 08, 2022
Africa: Despite Continued Impact of Covid-19, Malaria Cases and Deaths Remained Stable in 2021
New data released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) show that countries around the world largely held the line against further setbacks to malaria prevention, testing… Read more »
Africa: World Health Organization Director-General Meets With KSrelief Supervisor General H.E Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah
World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met today at WHO Headquarters with H.E. Dr Abdullah Al Rabeeah, Supervisor General of the King Salman… Read more »
Africa: The European Union and WHO Further Enhance Their Partnership for Stronger Pandemic Preparedness and Response
Today the European Union's Health Emergency Preparedness Authority (HERA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a new partnership with a € 15 million allocation… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Africa: WHO Member States Agree to Develop Zero Draft of Legally Binding Pandemic Accord in Early 2023
Countries meet for three days to agree next steps toward historic legal instrument, rooted in the WHO Constitution, designed to protect world from future pandemics. During… Read more »
Africa: The Role of Self-Care in Achieving the Right to Health
A human rights and gender equality approach are vital to transforming health systems to become more people-centred. Read more »
Africa: Health for All - Meeting the Needs of Children and Adolescents Through Enabling Policies
With COVID-19 bringing the needs of children and adolescents into sharp focus, the Government of Kazakhstan has taken recent and purposeful steps to ensure this population has… Read more »
December 06, 2022
Africa: Message By the Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals At WHO - December 2022
Kate O'Brien, Director of the Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals at WHO Read more »