Following the development of a technical note on the stock security, it has been defined in the context of JURTA PSM consultation to conduct the following activities for the implementation of this stock security

West African Leaders Call for Strong Partnerships with Local Pharmaceutical Industries for a Sustainable HIV/AIDS Response PRAIA, Cape Verde, April 4, 2013. Declaring open the 14th Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly of Health Ministers of ECOWAS at the Oasis Atlántico Praiamar Hotel, under the theme ” Fight Against HIV/AIDS and Sustainable Development: Contribution of the Private Sector to the Production of Antiretroviral, ARVs”, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Health of the Republic (...)

The 14th Ordinary Meeting of the Assembly of Health Ministers of ECOWAS comes up on the 4th and 5th April 2013 in OASIS ATLANTICO PRAIAMAR Hotel in Praia, Cape Verde. Meetings holding ahead of the AHM are as follows: 3rd April, 2013: Partners’ forum 1st – 2nd April, 2013: Experts’ meeting 31st March, 2013: Liaison Officers’ meeting

On 12 March, 2013, three-man delegation from the ECOWAS Commission paid a day-long working visit to the West African Health Organisation headquarters in Bobo-Dioulasso...

Nearly a month after the official passing out of interns of the Eighth set, the ninth batch of participants in the young professionals internship program (YPIP) started their induction with an orientation meeting that held at WAHO’s Guest House (Centre d’accueil de l’OOAS) on January 23, 2013.

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) has officially resumed its 2013 activities with an official ceremony held on 16 January 2013. The ceremony which was chaired by the Governor of the Hauts Bassins Region of Burkina Faso, Nebilma Joseph Bakouan, was attended by staff members of the institution, several guests with the participation via Visio conference of Sra Dra Maria Cristina Fontes, the Minister of Health of Cape Verde Dr. Sylvester Anemana, the Chief Director of Administrative (...)

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) is a specialised agency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and a leading regional health institution. The creation of WAHO in 1987 was hinged on the recognition of health as an important component of the sub-region’s socioeconomic development by ECOWAS heads of state and governments...

The World Sight Day is an international day dedicated to draw the World’s attention to the eye health problems that our populations are faced with and the needs to address them...

In pursuit of its mission to support countries in mobilizing resources for funding health programmes within the ECOWAS sub-region, the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) recently witnessed in Monrovia, Liberia the inauguration of the country’s health advocacy network...

A two-day programmes committee meeting organised by the West African Health Organisation (WAHO) kicked off at the Tenere Hotel, Niamey in the Republic of Niger.

July 9, 1987 – July 9, 2012, 25 years ago, Heads of State and Government of the West African region motivated by a common vision adopted the protocol establishing the West African Health Organisation (WAHO), a specialised health institution born of the merger between the Francophone Organisation for Coordination and Cooperation for Major Endemic Disease Contol (OCCGE) and the Anglophone West African Heath Community (...)

The meeting will be held from 9 to 10 May 2012 in Bobo Dioulasso / BURKINA FASO

Phytotherapy International Congress of Ouagadougou (CIPO), 3rd edition, 9-12 october 2012 Topic: Medicinal plants, Health and environment. Venue : Ouagadougou, conference rooms of AZALAÏ hôtel. Programme : Plenary lectures, short oral communications, posters, round table, symposium, exhibition, social events …

scheduled for 30 March 2012, Arusha, Tanzania The NEPAD Agency and the East African Community, in collaboration with the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (AMRH) Programme partners, - the World Health Organization (WHO), the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank, UK Department for International Development (DfID), and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), will launch the East African Community (EAC) Medicines Registration Harmonization (MRH) Project on the (...)

The new President of the ECOWAS Commission, Ambassador Kadre Desire Ouedraogo, arrived Abuja on Monday, 27th February 2012 to assume duty, ten days after his appointment by regional leaders for a non-renewable four-year term Ambassador Ouedraogo, who will replace His Excellency James Victor Gbeho, was received by Vice-President, Dr. Toga Gayewea Mcintosh and some Commissioners. With the impending assumption of the new President who was appointed during the 40th Ordinary Session of the (...)

Du 1 er au 6 février 2012, le Directeur Général de l’OOAS a effectué un voyage de travail à Conakry, Praia et Ouagadougou dans le cadre des contacts réguliers avec les autorités des pays membres de la CEDEAO...

The Westin, Cape Town Organised by Economist Conferences’, Healthcare in Africa summit will confront the major health challenges facing the continent. You’ll be able to engage in genuine dialogue and discover practical solutions with a high-level group of influential healthcare stakeholders... Confirmed speakers include: Tedros Adhanom, Minister of Health, Ethiopia Joseph M. Kasonde, Minister of Health, Zambia Malebona Precious Matsoso, Director General, National Department of Health, (...)

World Sight Day has been celebrated on the second Thursday of October every year since the WHO in collaboration with the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB), launched the "VISION 2020-The Right to Sight" Initiative in 1999. This year’s celebration will take place on the 13th of October 2011...

The principal organizing partners which include the World Health Organisation, the West African Health Organisation, Eastern, Central and Southern Africa Health Community, the Centre for Health and Social Services, the Ministry of Health, Ghana and collaborating partners have the pleasure to invite you to the 1st Pan-African Congress on Universal Health Coverage to be held in Accra, Ghana from 15th – 17th November 2011. The Key note speaker is Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, Deputy Director General, (...)

DG’s M e s s a g e July 9, 1987 – July 9, 2011, 24 years ago, Heads of State and Government of the West African region convinced of the benefits of federating efforts and differences in our region adopted the pro- tocol establishing the West African Health Organisation. WAHO, a specialized institution of ECOWAS on health issues, was born of the merger between the Francophone Organisation for Coordination and Cooperation for Major Endemic Disease Contol (OCCGE) and the Anglophone West (...)

Under the regional program "Reproductive Health and HIV prevention in the region of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOW AS), WAHO and the German Development Cooperation through KfW have agreed to establish a regional funding mechanism of reproductive health commodities.

A recent nutrition forum, held by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), looked at how to better incorporate nutrition into agriculture, IRIN reports. "Health, nutrition and agriculture experts from the 15 ECOWAS countries said nutrition usually gains attention only in the context of crisis and emergency response, but it should be integral to agricultural and development programmes if countries are to pre-empt child malnutrition," according to the news service. Source : (...)

Country dialogue moves toward regional action plans for health research Ouagadougou-Geneva, January 20, 2010 — 15 West African countries have taken a decisive step this month toward improving the quality and relevance of their research for health; and toward increasing the capacity of their research organisations to produce evidence that meets their populations’ priority health needs. These efforts are supported in a cooperation agreement recently signed between the West African Health (...)

Yamoussoukro/Cote d’Ivoire Sous l’égide de l’Organisation Ouest Africaine de la Santé, et du Ministère de la Santé et de l’Hygiène Publique de la Côte d’Ivoire, la ville de Yamoussoukro, a abrité du 19 au 24 Juillet 2009 la réunion ordinaire des Points Focaux de l’OOAS, la conférence des Experts des Ministères de la Santé de la CEDEAO et enfin, la dixième Assemblée Ordinaire des Ministres de la santé de la CEDEAO. A l’ordre du jour de ces différentes rencontres, l’examen des décisions relatives aux questions (...)

On March 10th and 11th 2009 took place in the conference room of the UEMOA with Ouagadougou, work of the Round table of the Technical and Financial Partners of the OOAS. In addition to the personnel of the Institution made up of the Managing director, of the Executive vice president, Directors of Departments and Professionals, the meeting gathered nearly a score of institutions among which one counted, traditional financial Partners, potential financial Partners and technical (...)

Since the end of April 2009, the sanitary current event is marked by the epidemic of the Flu A / H1N1. After Mexico where the virus made its appearance, several countries stated some cases. Besides the American continent, European countries are also touched.

July 09th, 2009, the Organization the West African of the Health, the Institution specialized the CEDEAO for the questions of health and the Member countries of the CEDEAO will commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the signature of the protocol carrying creation of the Institution.

Since the end of April 2009, health news has been laden with the outbreak of A / H1N1 Influenza. After Mexico where the virus first appeared, several countries have reported a few cases. In addition to the American continent, some European countries are also affected.

Since the end of April 2009, health news has been laden with the outbreak of A / H1N1 Influenza. After Mexico where the virus first appeared, several countries have reported a few cases. In addition to the American continent, some European countries are also affected.