Millions of African children to get polio vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in…
Browsing: African leaders
Meningitis may be on its way out of Africa
A vaccine programme started after an epidemic in the 1990s is on the verge of wiping…
African life expectancy rising: governments must be doing something right
Efforts to prevent HIV/AIDS infection and prolong lives with antiretroviral drugs have played a part…
Fifty-eight million children in Africa too short for their age
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has said conscious development of…
African finance and health ministers meet on access to vaccines
WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl as part of efforts to prevent childhood killer diseases and drive forward…
African leaders advocate locally developed Zika and Lassa virus vaccines
African leaders, including Ministers of Health, finance, and other line ministries from Nigeria, and at…
African Ministers to attend Immunisation Conference
World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Offices for Africa (AFRO) in collaboration with Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)…