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Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO Regional Committee for Africa now open! Deadline 30 November 2024 30 November 2024 [email protected] Tue, 08/10/2024 – 11:12 At its Seventy-first session (2021), the Regional Committee for Africa adopted a procedure for accreditation of regional non-State actors not in official relations with WHO to participate in …

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Publications [email protected] Mon, 07/10/2024 – 14:31 Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are increasingly becoming a major public health challenge and are the leading cause of premature death and disability worldwide. Available data in the scientific literature suggest that pre-existing comorbidities, including NCDs, may increase the risk of COVID-19 severity or COVID-19-related mortality.  The aim of this report …

Prevalence of noncommunicable diseases and their risk factors and in-hospital mortality in COVID-19 patients in the WHO African Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis Read More »

Publications [email protected] Mon, 07/10/2024 – 10:14 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that over 430 million people globally live with disabling hearing loss and that by 2050 over 700 million people will have this condition. Africa alone has about 40 million people with hearing loss, a prevalence of 3.6%. It is projected that 54 million …

Status report on ear and hearing care in the WHO African Region Read More »

Publications [email protected] Fri, 27/09/2024 – 09:35 On August 13, 2024, the Africa CDC declared the mpox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS). The following day, the WHO declared it a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). A coordinated, continent-wide response is essential, co-led by the African Union (AU) through the Africa …

Mpox Continental Preparedness and Response Plan for Africa Read More »

Publications [email protected] Thu, 26/09/2024 – 12:47 IntroductionThe number of mpox cases has increased sharply in the WHO African Region in recent years.  This upsurge has been fuelled in large part by increases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As of 30 August, the DRC had reported more than 27,000 suspected cases of mpox …

Mpox IMST Vaccine Readiness Roadmap: 27 September 2024 Read More »

Publications [email protected] Wed, 25/09/2024 – 07:13 Entitled Improving health outcomes and reinforcing resilience in an uncertain world, this report gives a comprehensive overview of the activities of the WCO in Mauritius during the period 2022-2023. Happy reading!  Biennial Report_2022_2023.pdf18.66 MB

Publications [email protected] Tue, 24/09/2024 – 12:58 The years 2022 and 2023 were years of transition from the devastating effects of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and subsequently building resilient health systems. A biennial priority was to develop capacities for epidemic preparedness and response and have several ready-for-deployment professionals that can support Botswana and other …

WHO Botswana Biennial Report 2022-2023 Read More »