African health ministers kick off region’s flagship health meeting
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )African health ministers and government representatives opened the Seventy-third session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa to discuss and agree on key measures to address the region’s health challenges, advance and promo
Off-track cervical cancer progress risks 70 000 deaths every year in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHO (News )About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention.
State and community action needed to achieve racial justice
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Story )UN Human Rights issued a seminal Agenda towards transformative change for racial justice and equality that offered a way forward for States to reverse cultures of denial, dismantle systemic racism and accelerate the pace of action.
Sudan: Plight of civilians amid hostilities
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (News )Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes to find places of greater safety, at any cost, and have been facing abuses en route.