Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said that the continent should find innovative ways to increase blood donations to meet the growing demand for this life-saving commodity in emergency wards. Despite targeted sensitization campaigns, blood donation in Africa has lagged behind o...
Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, said it is possible to reduce Africa's high TB burden substantially once governments, industry, and donor partners invest in new diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics. In Africa, TB continues to be the second leading cause of death from...
WHO Appoints New Regional Director for AfricaOn Friday, the World Health Organization announced it had appointed Angolan physician Luis Gomes Sambo as its new regional director for Africa. Sambo, who ...
Dr Mom Kong, Executive Director, Cambodia Movement for Health, Cambodia African Region awardees Mr Wondu Bekele Woldemariam, Executive Director, Mathiwos Wondu Cancer Society, Ethiopia Ms Rachel Kitonyo Devotsu, Regional Coordinator for Africa, McCabe Centre for Law and Cancer, Kenya Mr Aboubacar...
“The arrival of Ebola in an urban area is very concerning and WHO and partners are working together to rapidly scale up the search for all contacts of the confirmed case in the Mbandaka area,” said WHO Regional Director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti said in a statement. ...
Africa has been hit less hard by the pandemic than most other regions, recording over 136.000 deaths from some 5.1 million cases so far. WHO's regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti warned earlier this week that the continent was "in the midst of a full-blown third wave." ...
“We have long hoped for an effective malaria vaccine and now for the first time, we have such a vaccine recommended for widespread use,” WHO regional director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, wrote in part. “Today’s recommendation offers a glimmer of hope for the continent which should...
WHO Director-General Special award Dr Mom Kong, Executive Director, Cambodia Movement for Health, Cambodia African Region awardees Mr Wondu Bekele Woldemariam, Executive Director, Mathiwos Wondu Cancer Society, Ethiopia Ms Rachel Kitonyo Devotsu, Regional Coordinator for Africa, McCabe Centre for ...
WHO世界卫生组织:东南亚区域登革热和其他虫媒病毒方案管理人员和区域技术咨询小组会议报告(2023年6月14日-16日)(英文版).pdf,Meeting of programme managers and the Regional Technical Advisory Group on dengue and other arboviruses in the South-East Asia Regio
(WHO) today launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to stop outbreaks of human-to-human transmission of mpox through coordinated global, regional, and national efforts. This follows the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO Director-General ...