World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

Institution data

Type	GOVERNMENT (active)
Country	Brazzaville, CG
Works	204
Researchers	272
Citations	50
h-index	3
i10-index	1
Coverage	1962 - 2026
ROR	04rtx9382
GRID	grid.463718.f
OpenAlex	I4210139943
Website	http://www.afro.who.int/en
Also known as	WHO African Region; WHO Regional Office for Africa; World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa

Resilience of health systems in Africa to infectious disease shocks
Open AccessDenis Okethwangu, Sherry Ahirirwe et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Progress towards measles and rubella elimination in Eswatini by 2024
Open AccessXolisile Dlamini, Tholokwakhe Simelane et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Event-based surveillance in the WHO African region
Open AccessOpeayo Ogundiran, George Sie Williams et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026
Digitising payments for campaign health workers in Africa
Open AccessPeter Waiswa, Juliet Aweko et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
Integration of family planning and nutrition programmes in 64 WHO member states of Africa, Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia regions
Open AccessIkram Shah, Iqbal H Shah et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
Prevalence, time trends and associated factors of adult overweight and obesity in 36 countries in the WHO African region from 2003 to 2022
Open AccessMawuényégan Kouamivi Agboyibor, Kouamivi Mawuenyegan Agboyibor et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
Evaluation of the first malaria vaccine introduction
Open AccessTchokfe Shalom Ndoula Josue Kedakse, Mohamed Kaba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
Towards improving maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response in the African region
Open AccessTriphonie Nkurunziza, Désiré Habonimana et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026
On the impact of inequity on the attainment of health results in the African Region
Open AccessHumphrey Karamagi, Sokona Sy et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2026
Measuring health financing vulnerability due to reductions in official development assistance
Open AccessJames Avoka Asamani, Sophie Faye et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Measuring vaccine effects on antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance in low and middle-income countries
Open AccessChinwe Iwu-Jaja, Chidozie Declan Iwu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Implementing public health emergency operations centres according to an international framework in Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Senegal
Open AccessSenait Tekeste Fekadu, Jian Li et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Quantifying the role of contact sampling for poliovirus detection in Nigeria
Open AccessJulia Ledien, Tesfaye Erbeto et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026
Public perceptions of mortality studies in conflict-affected areas of the Eastern Mediterranean Region
Open AccessEsra Abdallah Abdalwahed Mahgoub, Ali Alshalah et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2026
Leveraging global tools for adolescent and youth health planning and programming
Open AccessAnaclet Ngabonzima, Sarah Keogh et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026
A landscape analysis of enablers and barriers to digital payments to health workers during large-scale immunisation campaigns in sub-Saharan Africa
Open AccessVincent Micheal Kiberu, Noel Namuhani et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026
Managing Infodemics in Africa
Julienne Ngoundoung Anoko, Aminata Grace Kobie et al.ARTICLEHealth Communication2026
The Ethiopian emergency medical team
Open AccessBoniface Oyugi, Nahom Tadelle et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Transforming technical assistance for more effective health services delivery in Africa
Open AccessNdoungou Salla Ba, Abdulmumini Usman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Identifying the opportunities and barriers
Open AccessAbdulmumini Usman, Olushayo Oluseun Olu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
The regional training centre for the emergency medical teams initiative in the WHO African region
Open AccessBoniface Oyugi, Lazaro Gilberto Martinez-Monterrey et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Scaling up of electronic case-based disease surveillance reporting for Covid-19 and other notifiable diseases through capacity building and antigen RDT provision
Open AccessJames Sylvester Squire, Ian Njeru et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Lessons learned and policy implications from an organizational reform of the World Health Organization African region country offices
Open AccessAbdulmumini Usman, Joseph Cabore et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Stakeholder perceptions of the WHO country offices in Africa
Open AccessOlushayo Oluseun Olu, Abdulmumini Usman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025
Public health workforce management during a major organizational reform in the World Health Organization African Region Country Offices
Open AccessEgide Rwamatwara, Abdulmumini Usman et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

2026	17
2025	37
2024	18
2023	31
2022	29
2021	13
2020	14
2019	5
2018	6
2017	2
2016	5
2015	1
2014	4
2013	4
2012	4