September 21, 2022
Southern Africa: WHO Validates Malawi for Eliminating Trachoma, First Country in Southern Africa
World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma--a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated--as a public health… Read more »
September 12, 2022
Africa: WHO Improves the Capacity of African Countries to Generate Quality Knowledge Products for Better Health Decision-Making
The World Health Organization has conducted a five-day capacity-building training for 22 national health observatory focal points from Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Threatens Elimination of Deadly Form of Meningitis in Africa
With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at a heightened risk of outbreaks of meningitis type… Read more »
September 01, 2022
Africa: Improving Midwifery Capacity and Standards to Curb Death of Mothers and Babies
Over 70 maternal and child health experts from around the world have concluded a meeting in Freetown aimed at improving midwifery education. The body of experts included health… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Africa: Q&A With the Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Civil Aid Operations (ECHO)
Rolling out the COVID 19 vaccination campaign across the continent has been a challenging task. So, what happens in a country grappling with humanitarian crisis as well? Ian Van… Read more »
August 25, 2022
Africa: African Health Ministers Adopt New Regional Strategy to Transform Health Security
Spurred by the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fragile health systems, African health ministers this week adopted a new eight-year strategy to transform health… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Africa: Transforming Africa's Health System in Wake of Covid-19 Pandemic
As Africa strives to recover from the deepfelt impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities and experts gathering this week for the Seventy-second session of the World… Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: African Health Ministers Endorse New Strategy to Curb Chronic Disease Crisis
With the burden of cardiovascular disease, mental and neurological disorders and diabetes rising in the region, African health ministers today endorsed a new strategy to boost… Read more »
Africa: African Health Ministers Launch Drive to Curb Sickle Cell Disease Toll
African health ministers today launched a campaign to ramp up awareness, bolster prevention and care to curb the toll of sickle cell disease, one of the most common illnesses in… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Africa: Africa's Top Health Forum Opens to Tackle Major Challenges
The President of the Republic of Togo, H.E President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé opened the Seventy-second session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee… Read more »
August 04, 2022
Africa: Healthy Life Expectancy in Africa Rises By Almost Ten Years
Healthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, a World Health Organization (WHO) assessment reports. This rise… Read more »
July 27, 2022
Africa: 91 Million Africans Infected With Hepatitis B or C
More than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) scorecard that launched today… Read more »
July 21, 2022
Africa: Historic Funding to Expand Roll-Out of First-Ever Malaria Vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding to introduce, or further… Read more »
July 20, 2022
Africa: Covid-19 Vaccination in Africa Increases By Almost Three-Quarters in June 2022
Administered COVID-19 doses rose by 74% in June 2022 compared to the previous month after a sustained three-month decrease between March and May. This is due to mass COVID-19… Read more »