Africa: Tanzanian Professor Janabi Nominated as WHO Africa Director

Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi was today nominated as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region during a Special Session of the WHO Regional… Read more »

Africa: Midwives in South Sudan Provide a Lifeline in Times of Calm and Crisis

Midwives play a critical role in South Sudan, facilitating antenatal care, skilled birth attendance, and postnatal care for mothers and newborns to prevent death and promote a… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Declares End of Ebola Outbreak

Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala. Read more »

Mali: Mali Pioneers Novel Malaria Vaccine Delivery

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Mozambique: Digitalization Is Revolutionising Mozambique's Malaria Response

Filipe Basílio, officer in charge of monitoring and evaluation in Mozambique's malaria programme in the northern Nampula Province recalls the laborious task of data… Read more »

Africa: Health Ministers Launch Landmark Polio Vaccination Campaign to Protect 83 Million Children in Lake Chad Basin

In a renewed effort to eradicate circulating polio variant type 2 in the Lake Chad Basin, Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria… Read more »

Africa: New WHO Report Highlights Progress in the Fight Against Severe Chronic Diseases

Twenty African countries have increased access to services for severe chronic disease such as type 1 diabetes, sickle-cell disease, and rheumatic and congenital heart diseases,… Read more »

Africa: Southern African Countries Launch Climate-Resilient Health Initiative With Who Support

Eight Southern African countries have embarked on a landmark effort to bolster emergency preparedness and response systems in the face of increasing climate-related health threats. Read more »

Africa: Africa Faces Critical Shortage of Oral Health Workers Amid Rising Disease Burden

Africa faces a chronic shortage of oral health workers due to underinvestment, leaving millions of people without adequate care and vulnerable to preventable oral diseases,… Read more »

Africa: African Region's Maternal and Newborn Mortality Declining, but Progress Still Slow

The African region has made progress in lowering maternal mortality since 2000 but needs a 12-fold increase in the annual reduction rate to reach the Sustainable Development Goals… Read more »

Africa: Election of New WHO Regional Director for Africa - Candidates' Forum

As part of the process for the election of the next World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, a virtual live candidates' forum will be held on Wednesday 2 April 2025… Read more »

Africa: Advancing Tuberculosis Diagnostics to Reach More People in the African Region

Significant progress has been made in TB diagnostics in the past decade as countries in the African region embrace new technologies. However, many people still have no access to… Read more »

Africa: African Region Records Further Decline in TB Deaths, Cases

The African region has recorded the steepest decline globally in tuberculosis (TB) deaths since 2015, despite falling short of key milestones to significantly lower the burden of… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Declares End of Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak

Tanzania today declared the end of Marburg virus disease outbreak after recording no new cases over 42 days since the death of the last confirmed case on 28 January 2025. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Discharges All Eight Ebola Disease Patients

Uganda today discharged eight patients who had been receiving treatment for Sudan virus disease – which belongs to the same family as Ebola virus disease – after two… Read more »

Africa: Urgent Action Needed to Reinforce Breast Cancer Control Measures in Africa - WHO Report

An estimated 135 000 women could lose their lives to breast cancer by 2040 in sub-Saharan Africa if urgent actions are not taken to reverse the trends, a new World Health… Read more »

Angola: Cholera Vaccination Campaign in Angola - Protection and Prevention for All

On February 3rd and 4th, around one million people, including children and adults, will be vaccinated against cholera in Luanda, Bengo and Icolo e Bengo. The initiative, led by the… Read more »

Angola: Speech at the Launch of the Cholera Vaccination Campaign

Speech by H.E. Dr Zahira Virani, Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Angola, on launching the Cholera Vaccination Campaign.  Read more »

Niger: Niger Becomes Africa's First Country to Eliminate River Blindness

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Confirms Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Tanzania today confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the northwestern Kagera region after one case tested positive for the virus following investigations and laboratory… Read more »

Rwanda: Marburg Outbreak in Rwanda Declared Over

The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was declared over today by the Government of Rwanda with no new cases reported over the last 42 days after the last patient tested negative… Read more »

Africa: High Health-Care Costs in Africa Continue to Push Over 150 Million Into Poverty - New WHO Report

On Universal Health Coverage Day, a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional office for Africa finds that most African countries continue to rely heavily on… Read more »

Africa: Strengthening Epidemic Preparedness and Response - Building Resilience After Ghana's 2023 Floods

In 2023, Ghana faced a major disaster when the spillage of excess water from the Akosombo Dam led to devastating floods in the Eastern, Volta, and Greater Accra Regions. The… Read more »

Africa: Sustaining Mpox Response in Africa As Efforts Begin Bearing Fruit

Statement by Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa Read more »

Africa: Maintaining Essential Health Services Amid Mpox Outbreak Response

As countries step up mpox outbreak control measures, efforts are also being made to ensure essential health services such as maternal and child-care, immunization, HIV treatment… Read more »