WORLD HEALTH

 The independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region is free of wild poliovirus. This marks the eradication of the…

#TheTeaOnHIV targets one million young Africans As the 31st World AIDS Day approaches on 1 December, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office in Africa yesterday (November 29),  launched a social media campaign, #TheTeaOnHIV,…

As the World No Tobacco Day is marked globally today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has again highlighted the damage tobacco causes to lung health saying over 40% of all tobacco-related deaths are from lung diseases like cancer,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the death of Dr Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, an epidemiologist deployed by the organisation in the response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Dr.…

WHO on Thursday released new recommendations on 10 ways that countries can use digital health technology, accessible via mobile phones, tablets and computers, to improve people’s health and essential services. “Harnessing the power…

UNICEF expresses concern More than 112,000 cases of measles  already reporter this year  'Many countries are in the midst of sizeable measles outbreaks,' WHO says Measles cases have continued to climb into 2019.…

One in four health care facilities around the world lacks basic water services, impacting over 2 billion people, according to a new report by WHO…

Children aged between six months and two years are expected to receive the first ever malaria vaccination in a WHO-coordinated pilot implementation of the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Program (MVIP) expected to commence in April in Ghana,…

Launches investment case to achieve SDGs and universal health coverage in the continent The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the diseases…

A two-day briefing for new Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region, ended on Thursday March 7  in Brazzaville, Congo.Ministers of health in the WHO African region play a critical role in providing political leadership and making…