June 09, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Keynote Address At the WHO Global Tuberculosis Programme - 9 June 2022
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Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Member States Quarterly Briefing On PRSEAH - 9 June 2022
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June 08, 2022
Africa: Visceral Leishmaniasis and HIV Coinfection - WHO Publishes New Guideline With Region-Specific Treatment Recommendations
The World Health Organization (WHO) has published new treatment recommendations for visceral leishmaniasis in patients who are coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 8 June 2022
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June 07, 2022
Africa: World Hepatitis Summit 2022 Urges Action to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis As Unexplained Hepatitis Cases in Children Rise Globally
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Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At World Hepatitis Summit - 7 June 2022
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Africa: World Food Safety Day 2022 - Safer Food, Better Health
On 7 June 2022, the United Nations mark the fourth global World Food Safety Day to draw attention and mobilize action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Africa: Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Moving Digital Policy Into Action Event
Your Excellency Minister Fahad bin Abdurrahman Al-Jalajel, Read more »
Africa: Updated WHO Interim Recommendations for the Use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.s (Covid-19) Vaccine
The updated WHO interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S (COVID-19) vaccine are now published. Read more »
June 04, 2022
Africa: Partnering to Improve the Quality of Cancer Care - WHO Teams Up With the World's Leading Organization for Physicians and Oncology Professionals
The World Health Organization (WHO) has joined forces with the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Inc. (ASCO), the world's leading association of physicians and oncology… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Africa: Why Mental Health Is a Priority for Action On Climate Change #AfricaClimateCrisis
New WHO policy brief highlights actions for countries Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Globsec Bratislava Forum - 3 June 2022
Improving public health in the post-COVID world Bratislava, Slovak Republic Read more »
Africa: INFOSAN Quarterly Summary, 2022 #1
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Africa: Updated WHO Recommendations for Malaria Chemoprevention Among Children and Pregnant Women
WHO has updated it recommendations for 3 key malaria prevention strategies: seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC), perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC - previously known as… Read more »
Africa: Updated WHO Recommendations for Malaria Chemoprevention and Elimination
WHO published today in the consolidated guidelines for malaria a package of new and updated recommendations across a number of technical areas - from malaria chemoprevention and… Read more »
Africa: Updates From the 75th World Health Assembly
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Africa: WHO Consultations Sets Research Priorities for Monkeypox
A global research consultation convened by the WHO R&D Blueprint gathered over 500 experts and more than 2000 participants to discuss knowledge gaps and research priorities for… Read more »
June 02, 2022
Africa: Global Strategy On Human Resources for Health - Workforce 2030
With data from 194 Member States as of 2020, the global health workforce is estimated to be 65 million, reflecting growth of 29% since the adoption in 2016 of the Global Strategy… Read more »
Africa: Human Resources for Health At the Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly
In the past two years we have become acutely aware that a health system is only as strong as the people - the health workforce - within it. Read more »
Africa: Support for Global Health and Care Worker Compact At the Seventy-Fifth World Health Assembly
Driven also by the heightened recognition of health and care workers during COVID-19, the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly requested WHO to synthesize technical guidance on… Read more »
Africa: WHO Global Code of Practice On the International Recruitment of Health Personnel - Fourth Round of Reporting
Covid-19 has resulted in reduced health workforce availability to respond to the pandemic, maintain essential health services and deliver the vaccinations needed to end the… Read more »
June 01, 2022
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Aspen Institute Congressional Program - 1 June 2022
Good afternoon, welcome to Geneva, and thank you all for the opportunity of spending some time with you today to talk about global health and WHO's role. Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Covid-19 Media Briefing - 1 June 2022
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Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), First in-Person Meeting - 1 June 2022
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Africa: The Healthy Ageing 50 - Leaders Transforming the World to Be a Better Place to Grow Older
Are you a healthy ageing champion? Read more »