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Since the declaration of mpox as a public health emergency of international concern, we've been asking ourselves a lot of questions.
What are the symptoms of mpox and how is it transmitted?
Who is most at risk?
What preventive measures can be taken?
What should someone with mpox do to avoid…
Watch how the African Region has remained steadfast in its commitment to eradicating all forms of polio, safeguarding children from the devastating effects of paralysis and death.
The WHO Regional Office for Africa (WHO AFRO) is implementing a set of prevention and response activities including…
This video highlights the urgent need to eliminate cervical cancer in Africa, where it remains the leading cause of cancer deaths among women.
It outlines the multifaceted approach needed to tackle the ambitious goal of eliminating this disease in the Region. and emphasizes the importance of…
Seventy-eight year-old Ernesto Cabral understands altruism. It runs in his veins.
Ernesto is the nephew of one of Africa’s foremost anti-colonial leaders and Cabo Verde’s national hero, Amílcar Cabral.
While his uncle dedicated his life to fight colonial powers in Africa, Ernesto chose to fight a…
Child malnutrition is a major health challenge in eastern Chad, where hundreds of thousands of people have fled armed conflict in Sudan.
From April 2023 to 9 June 2024, 189 children died from malnutrition, accounting for 56% of all deaths among refugees.
Outpatient screening is crucial in the…
Since 2010, the Ministry of Health in Zanzibar has completed 20 rounds of mass drug administration.
For this purpose, WHO supplies antifilarial medication, which treats around 1.5 million people a year.
As Zanzibar strives to successfully complete a pre-transmission assessment survey, used to…
With support from World Health Organization and partners, South Africa has become a trailblazer in its bid to tackle this epidemic.
In recent years, South Africa has focused on scaling-up efforts to find people with undiagnosed TB and link them to care as swiftly as possible.
Combined with other…
In 2015, the WHO Regional Office for Africa embarked on a Transformation Agenda, aiming to be fit-for-purpose for our countries and health development stakeholders, and undertaking reforms to become more proactive, responsive, results-driven, innovative and accountable to deliver on our mandate.…
In Mozambique, a protracted civil war had a devastating impact on public health services and infrastructure.
Largely because of this legacy, in the year 2000, Mozambique had one of the world’s highest rates of maternal mortality, with roughly one in 160 women dying from pregnancy or childbirth…
Lesotho has administered over human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to than 139 000 girls between the ages of 9 and 14 to have been vaccinated against HPV since Lesotho’s Ministry of Health launched a new nationwide campaign in 2022 with support from World Health Organization and other partners.…
In mid-2023, Angola’s Ministry of Health, with support from World Health Organization (WHO), through funding from the European Union, developed a comprehensive training programme aimed at upskilling 35 Extended Programme on Immunization (EPI) professionals.
The training helped provide them with…