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Vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks on the rise in Africa

28/04/2022 ANA 0

Brazzaville, 28 April 2022 Africa is witnessing a surge in outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases over the past year. Almost 17 500 cases of measles were recorded in the African region between January and March […]

WHO condemns escalating violence attacks on health workers in West Dafur region of Sudan

28/04/2022 ANA 0

Cairo, Egypt, 27 April 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for the immediate cessation of armed violence in West Darfur, Sudan, that has resulted in hundreds of civilians killed or injured, the death […]

COVID-19 cases surge in Africa, near first wave peak

17/06/2021 ANA 0

Brazzaville, 17 June 2021 – COVID-19 cases in Africa are surging by over 20% week-on-week as the continent’s third wave gains pace and nears the first wave peak of more than 120 000 weekly cases recorded […]

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WHO Africa Innovation Challenge Calls for New Solutions to Improve Health in Africa

09/11/2018 ANA 0

Promoting African Solutions for African people BRAZZAVILLE, Congo, 8 November 2018 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region has launched the first WHO Africa Innovation Challenge calling for health innovations […]

WHO supports 16 African countries to protect against Listeriosis

24/03/2018 ANA 0

20 March 2018 | Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo – The World Health Organization has reached out to 16 African nations to provide support for preparedness and response to a listeriosis outbreak that started in South […]

Fatima Beyina-Moussa named President of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA)

25/11/2014 ANA 0

At the close of the 46th general meeting of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) (http://www.afraa.org), organised by Air Algérie in early November, Mrs Fatima Beyina-Moussa, Managing Director of ECAir (Equatorial Congo Airlines) (http://www.flyecair.com), was named […]

Uganda introduces pneumococcal vaccine to curb infant and child deaths

28/04/2013 ANA 0

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni today formally launched the introduction of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) into the country’s routine immunization schedule to avert infant and child deaths due to pneumococcal disease. Globally, health problems due […]