The African Union Commission (AUC) and under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Gambia, and in collaboration with Africa CDC, WHO AFRO, the Global Fund, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and WACI Health commemorated World Tuberculosis Day in Banjul, the Gambia on
By: H.E. Amb. Minata Samate Cessouma – Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, African Union Commission 24 March 2023, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – As Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission (AUC), I join the rest of the world to commemorate
Lomé, 24 August 2022 – The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant toll of tuberculosis among children in Africa. The appeal was made jointly with the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) and the Stop TB Partnership
Recalling the following continental commitments by the African Heads of State and Government on TB and Nutrition: The Assembly/AU/Dec.565 (XXIV) which calls for control and elimination of airborne infectious diseases, including Tuberculosis in Africa by 2030. The Assembly/AU/Dec.619 (XXVII), which emphasises the elimination of emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases
Image source: OAFLAD The African Union Commission welcomes the new President of the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD), Her Excellency Mrs. Monica Geingos, First Lady of the Republic of Namibia. She takes over from Mrs Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, First Lady of The Republic of Congo. OAFLAD
