From data to decisions: strengthening health security in Africa
Stories & Blogs WHO-Africa (News )Across the African region, health threats are increasingly being detected early, bolstering measures to protect communities. To further reinforce health emergency preparedness, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa today launched
WHO supports Burundi to deliver lifesaving emergency health assistance
Stories & Blogs WHO-Africa (News )Burundi is facing a growing humanitarian emergency as thousands of people fleeing violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to cross the border, placing increasing strain on health services and infrastructure in refugee-hosting communi
Providing mental health and psychosocial support to Uganda’s Ebola survivors.
Stories & Blogs WHO-Africa (News )“In every outbreak, behind the statistics are real people – frightened, grieving and often stigmatized,” says Ayub Maswaswa, a mental health and psychosocial.
UNAIDS releases new film about the importance of dialogue between parents and children around safe sex and HIV prevention.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )UNAIDS proudly presents, ‘Ghotul,’ a short film about a conversation between a daughter and her mother about how she met her father and how she navigated dating and relationships when she was younger.
At the World Health Summit, global parliamentarians meet with partners to strengthen political leadership in ending AIDS.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )Parliamentarians from around the world met with policymakers and partners at the World Health Summit in Berlin to foster dialogue on how to mobilize political will, defend equal rights and build inclusive and sustainable responses to HIV.
Cameroon: A beacon of hope for adolescents and young people living with HIV.
Stories & Blogs WHO-Africa (News )Young people aged 15 to 24 accounted for nearly 19% of new infections, with 2,228 cases recorded that year—a 49% drop compared to the 4,550 new infections reported in 2019.
Ahead of UNGA, global experts investigate how inequalities are making the world more vulnerable to pandemics
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Story )In advance of the UN General Assembly High-Level Meetings, a group of experts met to review how inequality gaps within and between countries are impacting global health security.
Uncontrolled high blood pressure puts over a billion people at risk.
Stories & Blogs WHO-Africa (News )The World Health Organization (WHO) today released its second Global hypertension report, showing that 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024.
UNAIDS welcomes US announcement to expand access to medicine to prevent HIV and urges greater global ambition to reach all in need.
Stories & Blogs UNAIDS (Press Release )UNAIDS welcomes the announcement by the US State Department that the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will be supporting an initiative by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to provide lenacapavir to up to 2 million people in