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Addis Ababa—African ministers of health and high-level representatives today adopted a 10-year plan to sustain polio eradication efforts by strengthening national health systems and reaffirmed commitment to protect decades of investment towards a polio-free continent
Addis Ababa—Millions of people in Africa rely on medicines, vaccines, diagnostic tests and medical devices without worrying about the systems that ensure they are safe, effective and of good quality. Behind every product that reaches a patient is a regulatory system working to protect public health
Addis Ababa—Ministers of Health from the 47 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region today opened the Seventy-sixth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa in Addis Ababa, launching three days of deliberations on policies and priorities that will guide the region’s health agenda in the coming year and beyond
From Commitment to Delivery: African Ministers Chart a Path to Fund the Health of Women and Children
Every year, 260,000 women die from causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. To put that number in perspective, it is the equivalent of filling a World Cup stadium to capacity and losing every person inside it, seven times over. Alongside them, nearly 5 million children die before their fifth birthday, and 1.9 million more are…