Historical Organization
WHO Regional Office for Africa
WHO Regional Office for Africa
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Organization Timeline
African vaccination teams reach a major goal
📅 25 August 2020Health workers and communities sustained immunization and surveillance across countries.
Wild poliovirus certification has precise limits
📅 25 August 2020The achievement did not eliminate vaccine-derived poliovirus outbreaks.
Regional eradication follows decades of work
📅 25 August 2020The announcement recognized sustained prevention, case detection and international cooperation.
WHO African Region is certified free of wild polio
📅 25 August 2020An independent commission certified interruption of indigenous wild poliovirus transmission in the region.
African Traditional Medicine Day highlights practitioners
📅 31 August 2023A WHO regional message recognized traditional medicine’s place in African health care.
Indigenous health knowledge receives public attention
📅 31 August 2023The observance addressed how local knowledge and community practice relate to health systems.
Evidence and safety enter the healing discussion
📅 31 August 2023WHO encouraged research and appropriate regulation of traditional medicine.
Health policy considers respectful integration
📅 31 August 2023The regional message called for engagement with traditional medicine in health systems.
Routine services bring malaria vaccine to families
📅 22 January 2024Cameroon’s rollout was a major step in bringing pilot experience into broader practice.
Malaria control calls for several protections
📅 22 January 2024Vaccination supplemented, rather than replaced, nets and timely treatment.
Children receive a new prevention option
📅 22 January 2024The programme added vaccination to existing malaria prevention efforts.
Cameroon begins a malaria vaccine rollout
📅 22 January 2024The country launched routine use of the RTS,S vaccine for eligible children.
WHO Africa releases sickle cell care guidance
📅 19 June 2024New regional guidance outlined ways to improve management of sickle cell disease.
Sickle cell patients gain a regional care framework
📅 19 June 2024The documents addressed comprehensive services and coordinated national plans.
Training is part of sickle cell policy
📅 19 June 2024Guidance called for strengthening clinical capacity and public understanding.
African health systems address a major inherited condition
📅 19 June 2024The publication brought attention to patients and families facing gaps in ongoing care.
Traditional medicine day is marked in Mpumalanga
📅 31 August 2026Traditional practitioners and health workers met at Kamhlushwa Stadium in Ehlanzeni district.
Traditional healers join a health discussion
📅 31 August 2026The gathering addressed collaboration between practitioners and public health facilities.
Community screening joins a cultural gathering
📅 31 August 2026Participants visited health screening stations and shared information about traditional practices.
Health systems consider knowledge and evidence
📅 31 August 2026Speakers addressed safe, respectful engagement with African traditional medicine and research.