Dr Mohamed Yakub Janabi assumed office as WHO Regional Director for Africa on 30 June 2025, bringing to the role over three decades of distinguished leadership in clinical medicine, health policy, ...

Starting today, more than 10 million children across the country will begin receiving vaccinations against polio, measles, ...

Brazzaville—Julien, 39, still remembers the cold touch of metal against his skin. His ankles had borne rusty chains for ...

Whenever fever strikes nine-year-old Joshua Ekimwere in his rural Ogaramio village, getting help has not always been easy.

We were separated only by ropes.” When Dr Prince Afandia Alafu, 33, returns to the place where he was treated for Ebola, ...

The Ministry of Health with support from WHO and partners have produced a set of 20 posters to help people in Kenya ...

When the Ebola outbreak struck Ituri province, the Lita General Reference Hospital (HGR) found itself on the front line, ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia Country Office, in partnership with Plan International Ethiopia, hosted Ms.

Information is important. Being informed is part of prevention,” says Cosmas Sandani Lasuba, a South Sudanese refugee living in the Méri camp in the Aba health zone, about 18 kilometers from the ...

Hope Kasamba is 24 years old and, true to his name, he has high hopes for the future. His ambition is to be a coordinator for ...

WHO is supporting the Ugandan government in phasing out mercury-containing devices in the health sector. A critical component ...

WHO South Africa’s Quarter 3 newsletter captures a season of partnership, preparedness and progress across the country. This ...