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Tag: WHO
World Health Day: tackling urban air pollution top priority for African governments
As the world marked World Health Day on 7 April, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has highlighted air pollution — most notably in fast-growing cities ... Read More
More Africans to be exposed to malaria mosquitoes due to rising temperatures — experts
With rising temperatures, people living in regions across Africa that were once inhospitable to malaria-carrying mosquitoes, including the mountains of eastern Ethiopia and the slopes ... Read More
Morocco, WHO sign 2023-2027 cooperation strategy
Morocco and the World Health Organization (WHO) sealed a cooperation strategy for the period 2023-2027. This strategy outlines the directions of WHO's technical support in ... Read More
Health: WHO-Successful Pilot Project on Self- Injectable Contraceptive in Morocco
A pilot project, allowing women to give themselves contraceptive injections, was successfully carried out in Morocco, announced on Thursday the World Health Organization. The project ... Read More
Red Cross announces release of employees kidnapped in Mali
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said Monday two of its staff kidnapped in Mali, early March, have been freed, without providing more ... Read More
Experts dismiss as “absurd” WHO’s excusal of staff sex misconduct in Congo
The restricted approach by the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the misconduct of its staffers during an Ebola outbreak in Congo has been ... Read More
WHO plans clinical trials for Ebola vaccine in Uganda as doctors face poor protection
Three trial vaccines for Ebola will arrive in Uganda next week, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced during the G20 meeting in Indonesia, in an ... Read More
Indian pharma company halts cough syrup production after Gambia child fatalities
India has halted all production at Maiden Pharmaceuticals’ main factory near New Delhi after a WHO report that the company’s cough syrups exported to the ... Read More
‘Health Silk Road’: China’s health diplomacy in Africa in post-COVID era
The controversial Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia that is due to open in the next few months is just ... Read More
Escalating Tigray war: UNICEF condemns deadly attack by Ethiopian forces
UNICEF has condemned an air strike by Ethiopian forces in the Tigray region which locals say hit a kindergarten called Red Kids Paradise, killing four ... Read More