October 31, 2025
Africa: WHO Calls for a New Era of Strategic Urban Health Action With Global Guide to Unlock Healthy, Prosperous and Resilient Societies
On World Cities Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) calls on national and city leaders to transform urban areas into engines of health, equity and sustainability. Read more »
October 26, 2025
Africa: South Africa Launches National Action Plan to Protect Millions From Substandard and Falsified Medical Products
On 30 September 2025, South Africa launched its National Action Plan (NAP) to address the persistent threat of substandard and falsified medical products, marking a significant… Read more »
October 25, 2025
Africa: Weaving Health Through Learning - WHO Academy Brings Pacific Open Learning Health Net Back Online
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the revitalization of the Pacific Open Learning Health Net (POLHN), which will soon be available as a dedicated learning space… Read more »
October 23, 2025
Africa: Mers-Cov Virus Isolate Added to the WHO Biohub System, Enabling Further Research and Pandemic Preparedness
An isolate of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV), one of three high-impact coronaviruses with pandemic potential to have emerged in recent years, has been… Read more »
October 22, 2025
Africa: Global Progress Against Neglected Tropical Diseases Continues Despite Challenges, New WHO Report Finds
The World Health Organization (WHO) today released the Global report on neglected tropical diseases 2025, the third in a series monitoring progress towards the 2030 targets set in… Read more »
Africa: Strengthening Indigenous-Led Engagement in Global Health and Biodiversity Governance
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October 19, 2025
Africa: WHO and Partners Strengthen Coordination for NTD Programmes and Supply Chain Delivery
The World Health Organization (WHO), together with health ministries, pharmaceutical donors, implementing partners and technical support platforms, convened three major… Read more »
October 17, 2025
Africa: Health Works Leaders Coalition Launched to Promote Health System Investments and Spur Economic Growth, Job Creation
The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition. This global alliance brings together health… Read more »
Africa: World No Tobacco Day 2026 - Unmasking the Appeal - Countering Nicotine and Tobacco Addiction
The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced the theme for World No Tobacco Day 2026: "Unmasking the appeal - countering nicotine and tobacco addiction." The campaign will… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Countries to Harness Digital Health for Stronger Health Systems
Digital technologies are rapidly transforming health systems around the world. From electronic medical records and telemedicine to artificial intelligence and data-driven… Read more »
October 16, 2025
Africa: Spotlight On Traditional Medicine At World Health Summit 2025
Shyama Kuruvilla, Director a.i., WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine speaking during the World Health Summit event Read more »
October 14, 2025
Africa: WHO and the European Union Launch Collaboration to Advance Digitized Health Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and wider adoption of WHO's… Read more »
October 09, 2025
Africa: WHO Announces the Development of New Recommendations On Htlv-1
WHO is convening a Guideline Development Group (GDG) for the development of evidence-based recommendations on Human T-cell lymphotropic virus-1 (HTLV-1) . Read more »
October 08, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: The External Situation Report N°04 on the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was issued on 7 October, and contains data as reported on 5 October 2025.
The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) shows signs of containment, with no new confirmed or probable cases reported since our last… Read more »
Africa: Mental Health in Emergencies - a Lifeline, Not a Luxury
About 305 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection in 2025. Every emergency has two faces: one in shattered infrastructure (hospitals, schools, homes), the… Read more »
October 07, 2025
Africa: WHO Launches the Global Clinical Trials Forum
WHO has today launched the Global Clinical Trials Forum (GCTF), a global, multi-stakeholder network to strengthen clinical trial environments and infrastructure at national,… Read more »
October 06, 2025
Africa: 1 in 5 Adults Still Addicted to Tobacco - WHO
The world is smoking less, but the tobacco epidemic is far from over. A new WHO global report shows the number of tobacco users has dropped from 1.38 billion in 2000 to 1.2 billion… Read more »
October 05, 2025
Africa: Global Health Agencies Issue New Recommendations to Help End Deaths From Postpartum Haemorrhage
Through landmark new guidelines released today, leading reproductive health agencies are calling for a major shift in how postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is prevented, diagnosed and… Read more »
October 02, 2025
Africa: WHO's 6th Virtual CGMP Training Marathon Concludes, Reinforcing Global Manufacturing Capacities
The World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the 6th annual Virtual cGMP Training Marathon, organized by the Product Policies, Access and… Read more »
September 30, 2025
Africa: Ethiopia Achieves Major Milestone in Medicines Regulation Reaching WHO Maturity Level 3
Ethiopia has been formally recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) for achieving Maturity Level 3 (ML3), placing it among nine African countries with this status in WHO's… Read more »
September 26, 2025
Africa: Countries and Global Leaders Recognized for Their Action to Tackle the Obesity Crisis
On 25 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) recognized 12… Read more »
September 25, 2025
Africa: Core Funders of Medical Research Commit to Strengthening Clinical Trials Worldwide
Some of the world's largest funders of medical research have today committed, through the signature of a joint statement, to implement WHO standards to strengthen clinical trial… Read more »
September 24, 2025
Africa: Securing a Healthier Future - Global Leaders Target Malaria and Maternal & Child Health at UNGA80
New York, 24 September 2025 - On the sidelines of the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), heads of State and world leaders convened for a landmark event, titled… Read more »
Sudan: Cholera Vaccination Campaign Launched in Darfur to Protect Over 1.8 million People
A cholera vaccination campaign kicked off on 21 September 2025 in Nyala Ganoub, Nyala Shemal and Biliel localities of South Darfur and on 22 September in Abu Jabra and Ad Daein… Read more »
Africa: Countries Making Unprecedented Efforts, but Billions Still Lack Basic Services in Health Care Facilities - WHO/Unicef New Report Warns
Over 100 countries have made unprecedented efforts to improve basic services in health care facilities according to the latest joint WHO/UNICEF global progress report, Essential… Read more »
