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Virtual High-Level Meeting with ECOWAS Parliament on Malaria Elimination on 5 August 2021
Group photo While the ECOWAS region accounts for about 10% of the global at-risk population, it accounts for nearly half of all malaria cases and deaths in the world. Malaria is endemic in the ECOWAS region and is a leading cause of hospital visits. Its effects go beyond sickness and deaths. It is also responsible for slowdown in economic growth...
Commemorating WAHO 34th Anniversary
Commemorating WAHO 34rd Anniversary The West African Health Organization (WAHO), the Health Institution of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is commemorating the 34rd anniversary of its creation. It was created by Protocol A/P2/7/87 of 9 July 1987 signed in Abuja by the Heads of State and Government. Message on the occasion of the 34th WAHO Day by...
WAHO Statement on the Occasion of World Immunisation Week 2021
Bobo-Dioulasso 24-30 April 2021 – the World Immunisation Week (WIW) is an annual event that has been celebrated during the last week of April for the past ten years around the world. The goal of the WIW is to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. Immunisation saves millions of lives every year and...