Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the COP29 High-Level Side Event - Cop Presidencies Bringing Health At the Centre of Climate Agenda - 13 November 2024

Honourable Minister Babayev, Read more »

Africa: Countries Pledge to Act On Childhood Violence Affecting Some 1 Billion Children

More than 100 governments today made historic commitments to end childhood violence, including nine pledging to ban corporal punishment - an issue that affects 3 out of every 5… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At WHO Investment Round Event - 31 October 2024

Honourable Ministers Nisia Trindade Lima, Mauro Vieira and Fernando Haddad, Read more »

Africa: Tuberculosis Returns as World's Deadliest Infectious Disease

The World Health Organization (WHO) today published a new report on tuberculosis revealing that approximately 8.2 million people were newly diagnosed with TB in 2023 –… Read more »

Africa: WHO and Partners Activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the First Time in Response to Mpox Outbreak

In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing… Read more »

Africa: Egypt Is Certified Malaria-Free By WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants. The… Read more »

Africa: New Risks Raise Pandemic Threat on a Global Scale

Recent outbreaks of Marburg virus, Mpox and the latest strain of avian influenza (H5N1) are a stark reminder of the world’s vulnerability to pandemics. In 2024 alone, 17… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the World Health Summit - 13 October 2024

Professor Axel Pries, Read more »

Africa: WHO Approves First Mpox Diagnostic Test for Emergency Use

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed the first mpox in vitro diagnostic (IVD) under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure, an important step in improving global… Read more »

Africa: WHO Launches Global Strategic Plan to Fight Rising Dengue and Other Aedes-Borne Arboviral Diseases

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP) to tackle dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviruses. The… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Media Briefing - 3 October 2024

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

Africa: Boosting Digital Health Can Help Prevent Millions of Deaths From Noncommunicable Diseases

An investment today of an additional US$0.24 per patient per year in digital health interventions, such as telemedicine, mobile messaging and chatbots, can help save more than 2… Read more »

Africa: Securing Adolescent Health and Well-Being Today Is Vital for the Health of Future Generations - WHO

Increased investment is urgently needed to address evolving health risks and meet the mental and sexual and reproductive health needs for the nearly 1.3 billion adolescents (aged… Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Summit of the Future - 22 September 2024

Mr President, Excellencies, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO 'Every Child Protected' Dinner - 22 September 2024

Your Royal Highness Queen Mathilde, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Third Meeting of the Committee of Heads of State and Government of Africa CDC - 21 September 2024

Your Excellency Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, Read more »

Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the High-Level Meeting On Dracunculiasis (Guinea-Worm Disease) Eradication in Chad

Your Excellency the Prime Minister, Read more »

Africa: WHO Prequalifies First Vaccine Against Mpox

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the MVA-BN vaccine as the first vaccine against mpox to be added to its prequalification list. Read more »

Africa: WHO and Partners Establish an Access and Allocation Mechanism for Mpox Vaccines, Treatments, Tests

In coordination with Member States, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners have established an access and allocation mechanism for mpox medical countermeasures including… Read more »

Sudan: High-Level Mission to Sudan Reaffirms WHO Commitment to Urgent Action

WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy yesterday concluded a two-day mission to Port Sudan, where they reaffirmed WHO's commitment… Read more »

Africa: Data Show Marked Increase in Annual Cholera Deaths

The World Health Organization (WHO) has published global cholera statistics for 2023, showing an increase in cases and deaths. Read more »

Africa: Unicef Issues Emergency Tender to Secure Mpox Vaccines for Crisis-Hit Countries in Collaboration With Africa CDC, Gavi and WHO

UNICEF today announced that it has issued an emergency tender for the procurement of mpox vaccines. Vaccines can play a critical role in containing the mpox outbreak which was… Read more »

Africa: WHO Urges Rapid Access to Mpox Diagnostic Tests, Invites Manufacturers to Emergency Review

WHO has asked manufacturers of mpox in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) to submit an expression of interest for Emergency Use Listing (EUL). WHO has been in ongoing discussions with… Read more »

Africa: Fourteen African Countries, Key Partners Unite to Provide Critical Resources for Health in WHO's First-Ever Investment Round

In an unprecedented show of unity in support of the World Health Organization, 14 African countries and many partners pledged over US$ 45 million to the WHO Investment Round, a… Read more »

Africa: Global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan Launched by WHO to Contain Mpox Outbreak

The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through… Read more »