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Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action: A Renewed Commitment to Overcoming Global Health Inequalities Nov. 17 marks the third "Cervical Cancer Elimination Day of Action," a pivotal moment for the international community as world…

WHO: more than 14 African countries have reported cholera cases since January 2022. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this acute diarrhoeal disease is endemic in several provinces

Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, the ability to reconnect through World Mental Health Day 2022 will provide us with an opportunity to re-kindle our efforts to protect and improve mental health

Polio alert: the polio virus has recently been detected in New York, Israel, Tajikistan, Ukraine and the UK. 'We must eradicate it globally'

WHO about Africa: 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

The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the northwest. It was the third outbreak in the province since 2018…

COVID-19 deaths in the African region are expected to decline by almost 94% in 2022, compared with 2021 which was the pandemic’s most lethal year, a new modelling by World Health Organization (WHO) finds

WHO concerned about the use of chemical weapons in the war in Ukraine: doctors in the capital have undergone training on chemical readiness and response, conducted by specialists from the World Health Organisation

WHO seeks to support people in Ukraine in accessing much-needed medical services. As part of the cooperation between the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, 20 all-terrain ambulances that can operate even in the…

Hospitals under attack in Ukraine: WHO European Region Director Hans Kluge added that stocks of medicines and medical supplies in Ukraine are running out