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Africa: WHO General Programme of Work 2025–2028 Prioritizes Climate Change and Health
WHO, 30 May 2024
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the General Programme of Work 2025-2028, which includes responding to the escalating threat to health posed by climate change as… Read more »
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Africa: WHO Works on Getting Africa's Health Priorities Right
allAfrica, 30 May 2024
A decade ago, the world united at the 67th World Health Assembly to pass Resolution WHA67.20 for strengthening evidence-informed policy-making and priority-setting… Read more »
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Africa: The Path to Pandemic Preparedness Is Hidden in Plain Sight
Global Fund, 27 May 2024
"Pandemic preparedness and response" wasn't part of my job when I started working at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria in 2022. Read more »
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Africa: WHO Director-General's Address to the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly - 27 May 2024
WHO, 27 May 2024
Honourable Dr Edwin Dikoloti, President of the 77th World Health Assembly, Read more »
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Africa: WHO Director-General's High-Level Welcome At the Seventy-Seventh World Health Assembly - 27 May 2024
WHO, 27 May 2024
Your Excellency Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouni, President of Mauritania and Chairperson of the African Union, our guest of honour and keynote speaker, Read more »
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Africa: Launch of the Group of Friends of the WHO Academy On the Sidelines of the World Health Assembly
WHO, 27 May 2024
The Group of Friends of the WHO Academy was launched today on the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly. The event was co-hosted by founding members: France, Indonesia,… Read more »
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Africa: Over 8000 People, Including Sports and Health Champions, Join 5th WHO Walk the Talk in Geneva
WHO, 27 May 2024
The fifth edition of Walk the Talk: The Health Challenge for All, organized by the World Health Organization (WHO), was held on Sunday, 26 May 2024, attracting approximately 8000… Read more »
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Africa: African Ministers of Health Commit to Bold Actions to Defeat Malaria
RBM, 27 May 2024
On the sidelines of the 77th World Health Assembly, African Ministers of Health have committed to mobilise resources to scale up malaria services and prevent malaria sickness and… Read more »
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Africa: Reset Negotiations for 2024 Pandemic Agreement
The Independent Panel, 27 May 2024
Co-Chairs and members of former The Independent Panel call also for amended International Health Regulations to be adopted this week; and for immediate investment today to make the… Read more »
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Nigeria: 138.9m Nigerians Need Interventions Against Tropical Diseases - WHO
Leadership, 27 May 2024
World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that an estimated 138.9 million Nigerians are in need of interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Read more »
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Africa: Global Health Summit Faces Huge Challenge - How Will We Afford Growing Cost of Essential Healthcare?
allAfrica, 24 May 2024
Approximately 4.5 billion people (over half of the global population) do not have access to essential health services, according to the WHO and World… Read more »
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Africa: Pioneering Solutions for Community Health - Africa's Trailblazers
Malaria Consortium, 24 May 2024
Many countries in Africa have long grappled with challenges in providing accessible and quality healthcare to their populations due to insufficient infrastructure, shortages of… Read more »
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Africa: Health for All Starts With Strong Health and Community Systems
Global Fund, 23 May 2024
What do we need to achieve good health and well-being for all? To confront new and evolving challenges, and provide health care to everyone, everywhere? Read more »
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Africa: WHO Announces Winners of the 5th Health for All Film Festival
WHO, 26 May 2024
The World Health Organization has announced the official selection of this year's winning films of its 5th Health for All Film Festival. The awards were announced today at a… Read more »
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South Africa: Health Dismisses Reports of New Covid-19 Variant
SAnews.gov.za, 30 April 2024
The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media. Read more »
WHO Prioritizes Climate Change and Health in New Strategic Plan
In a significant move, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved its General Programme of Work 2025-2028, which includes responding to the escalating threat to health posed by climate change as one of its six strategic objectives.
Climate change is a huge threat to global health that worsens the weaknesses in our health systems and deepens health disparities. WHO aims to lead a comprehensive response by the global health community to the climate crisis, driving the scale-up of evidence-based interventions to build climate-resilient health systems and support health-promoting and environmentally sustainable practices within and outside the health sector.
This initiative aims to safeguard health amidst climate challenges, foster synergies between climate adaptation and mitigation efforts, and prioritize vulnerable populations.
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The World Health Assembly, the main governing body of the World Health Organization, has adopted a new resolution that aims to revitalise and accelerate efforts to end malaria, a ... Read more »
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At the 75th World Health Assembly, Member States have agreed to adopt a landmark decision to improve the World Health Organization's (WHO) financing model, according to a WHO sta Read more »
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The World Health Organization (WHO) sounded the alarm on the global surge of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including syphilis, with new cases surpassing eight milli Read more »
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The World Health Organization reports that Obstetric Fistula is a preventable but Read more »
A strategic roundtable "Economics and financing of health and well-being for all: a bold new vision for achieving universal health coverage" during the 77th World Health Assembly on 29 May 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland.
