Tag: WHO
WHO joins efforts with Morocco & Africa CDC to set up emergency response network
Morocco has joined efforts with the World Health Organization (WHO) and Africa Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Africa CDC) for the establishment of an ... Read More
Ebola outbreak in Uganda claims more lives as DRC faces mystery disease
Uganda is grappling with a new Ebola outbreak, marking its sixth detection of the virus, which comes just as a mystery disease is causing growing ... Read More
WHO, UN Fund for Road Safety win Mohammed VI International Road Safety Prize
The World Health Organization and the UN Fund for Road Safety received the first Mohammed VI International Road Safety Prize, a distinction aimed at rewarding ... Read More
WHO declares Congo MPOX outbreak global emergency
The World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the Mpox new virus strain in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency. "The detection ... Read More
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