Filter
5250
Filtered Results: 5250
Text search:
Africa
Region
Featured
Recommendations
366
New Publications
1300
Language
Document type
No document type
2804
Studies & Reports
1266
Guidelines
482
Manuals
223
Strategic & Response Plan
214
Fact sheets
87
Training Material
62
Situation Updates
54
Resource Platforms
23
Infographics
22
Brochures
10
Online Courses
3
Countries / Regions
Global
287
Latin America and the Carribbean
163
Kenya
159
Africa
154
Ethiopia
153
Sierra Leone
141
Liberia
120
Uganda
114
Nigeria
107
Tanzania
105
South Africa
92
Malawi
89
Ghana
88
Congo, Democratic Republic of
79
Rwanda
73
Zambia
65
Venezuela
61
Western and Central Europe
61
India
61
East and Southern Africa
59
West and Central Africa
56
Guinea
55
South Sudan
52
Mozambique
51
Middle East and North Africa
50
Namibia
50
Senegal
49
Syria
48
Colombia
47
Paraguay
47
Nepal
44
Lesotho
43
Zimbabwe
40
South–East Asia Region
39
Burkina Faso
37
Cameroon
32
Asia
32
Bangladesh
31
Brazil
30
Germany
29
Central African Republic
29
Ukraine
26
Yemen
25
Myanmar / Burma
25
Botswana
24
Sudan
23
Benin
22
Mali
20
Eswatini/ Swaziland
20
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
19
Eastern Europe
19
Afghanistan
18
Madagascar
18
Pakistan
18
Peru
17
Russia
17
Indonesia
17
Somalia
17
Ecuador
17
Chile
16
Philippines
15
Bolivia
15
Argentina
14
Haiti
13
Cambodia
12
Côte d’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
12
Thailand
11
China
11
Niger
9
Western Pacific Region
9
North America
9
Angola
9
Mexico
8
Lebanon
8
Chad
8
El Salvador
7
Togo
7
Libya
7
Iraq
7
Burundi
6
Guinea-Bissau
6
Jordan
6
Vietnam
6
Papua New Guinea
6
Gambia
5
Spain
5
Iran
4
Italy
4
Portugal
4
Southern Africa
4
Palestine
4
Georgia
4
Guatemala
4
North Macedonia
3
Turkey
3
Morocco
3
USA
3
Dominican Republic
3
Gabon
3
Jamaica
3
Japan
3
Mauritius
3
Tunisia
3
Moldova
3
Sri Lanka
3
Djibouti
3
Egypt
3
Serbia
2
Albania
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
Malaysia
2
Qatar
2
Mauritania
2
Armenia
2
Saudi Arabia
2
United Kingdom
2
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
Greece
2
Honduras
2
Tajikistan
1
North Korea
1
Timor Leste/ East Timor
1
Kazakhstan
1
Canada
1
Laos
1
Congo-Brazzaville
1
Vanuatu
1
Bulgaria
1
Cape Verde
1
Hungary
1
Uruguay
1
Turkmenistan
1
Belgium
1
France
1
Norway
1
Belarus
1
Israel
1
United Arab Emirates
1
Nicaragua
1
Romania
1
Poland
1
Solomon Islands
1
Cuba
1
Authors & Publishers
Publication Years
Category
Countries
1889
Clinical Guidelines
379
Public Health
316
Key Resources
282
Women & Child Health
264
Capacity Building
72
Pharmacy & Technologies
51
Annual Report MEDBOX
2
Toolboxes
COVID-19
425
HIV
417
Mental Health
341
TB
270
Planetary Health
270
NTDs
238
Ebola & Marburg
222
Rapid Response
189
Disability
167
AMR
135
Conflict
130
Global Health Education
127
Refugee
124
NCDs
113
Caregiver
90
Health Financing Toolbox
84
Natural Hazards
67
Pharmacy
66
Zika
49
Polio
40
Cholera
32
Social Ethics
20
Malaria
16
Specific Hazards
12
South Sudan
2
Typhoon
2
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a major public-health challenge from non-communicable diseases. Although infectious diseases continue to afflict Africa, the proportion of the overall disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa attributable to cancer is rising, and the region is predicted to have a greater than 85...
This study aims to provide an overview of health financing in Africa and to examine the impact of the reemergence of mpox on health financing in the region.
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and i...
In 2021, global life expectancy at birth was 74 years whereas in sub-Saharan Africa it was 66 years. Yet in that same year, $92 per person was spent on health in sub- Saharan Africa, which is roughly one fifth of what the next lowest geographic region—North Africa and Middle East—spent ($379). T...
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Biosafety and Biosecurity Initiative was launched by the Africa CDC in April 2019 with the aim of strengthening the African Union (AU) Member States’ biosafety and biosecurity systems and enabling them to comply with national and i...
This papers argues that climate change is the greatest threat to children's care in the region
Promoting health and preventing disease is a critical component of the effort required to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC). to date, efforts to achieve UHC have focused mostly on strengthening health systems and their capacities to provide curative care. However, experience from the COVID-19 ...
August 2020, The Africa Joint Continental Strategy for COVID-19 is underpinned by the need to limit transmission, prevent deaths and reduce associated harms. Participation by African nations in clinical trials is an essential step to ensure that sufficient data is generated on the safety and efficac...
To eliminate lymphatic filariasis (LF) by 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a campaign against the disease. Since the launch in 2000, significant progress has been made to achieve this ambitious goal. In this article we review the progress and status of the LF programme in Afric...
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Southern Africa
• The impact of the drought in Southern Africa on WASH is already observed in places where the drought has been more acute and where WASH coverage was already low.
• Only 61 per cent of the region’s population has access to safe...
The article "The silent epidemic of COPD in Africa" discusses the under-recognized yet significant prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Africa. Despite being the third leading cause of death worldwide, COPD remains poorly studied and largely unknown in sub-Saharan Africa. Th...
The article analyzes the prevalence and risk factors of chronic respiratory diseases, focusing on sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights that environmental exposures, such as biomass fuel usage and air pollution, significantly contribute to respiratory health issues in the region. The research underlines...
Five months after the beginning of the desert locust upsurge in the Greater Horn of Africa and Yemen, and four months since the launch of the response plan (24 January 2020) a total of USD 130 million have been mobilized in the region.
As described in the recently published Food and Agriculture Org...
The new five-year agenda of WHO in Africa, The Africa Health Transformation Programme, 2015–2020: a vision for universal health coverage, is the strategic framework that will guide WHO’s contribution to the emerging sustainable development platform in Africa. It articulates a vision for health a...
Key Considerations
This brief focuses on cross-border movement in Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) and its implications for development of risk communication and community engagement (RCCE) strategies aimed at preventing transmission of COVID-19 in the ESA region. Given the extensive risk of cross...
In East Africa, the trend in cross-border FGM puts at risk the progress achieved in eliminating the practice. The only way we can reach zero FGM by 2030 is by concerted and immediate action to address all aspects of FGM.
This policy brief highlights the cross-border dimension of FGM (Ethiopia, Keny...
Recent forecasts by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have indicated a risk of locust invasion in West Africa from June 2020. From East Africa, some swarms could reach the eastern part of the Sahel and continue westwards from Chad to Mauritania.
Surveillance and co...
The Transformation Agenda (TA) ushered in an ambitious reform process intended to transform the World Health Organization (WHO) into an organization that is proactive, results-driven, accountable and which meets stakeholder expectations, towards transforming and improving public health services in t...
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an additional and critical challenge in a fragile humanitarian context, where the population is already highly vulnerable and lives in often overcrowded settlements where distancing is impossible, and with limited access to basic health services and hygiene. Further sprea...
The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise again, with South Africa nearing half of all confirmed cases in the WHO African Region. Threats of new variants loom and low vaccination coverage raises questions on the future of the response to COVID-19. Prevention remains the key strategy in most sub-Sa...
