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Together, Lesotho’s blood donors save lives

Together, Lesotho’s blood donors save lives

Maseru ‒ One afternoon in May 2025, 48-year-old Lebohang Pitso* from Lesotho’s capital, Maseru, felt her life slipping away.

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mpox

Sierra Leone deploys AVoHC-SURGE team to halt mpox outbreak

In a coordinated effort to curb the spread of mpox, the Government of Sierra Leone, working closely with the World Hea

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cólera

Improving cholera outbreak response in Angola’s hardest-hit regions

With the severe cholera outbreak in A

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Tanzania Strengthens Infection Surveillance to Prevent Future Outbreaks

Tanzania strengthens healthcare associated infection surveillance to prevent future outbreak

Kagera Region – Tanzania is stepping up efforts to strengthen healthcare-associated infection (HAI) surveillance following a recent Marburg virus outbr

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mpox

WHO convenes high-level meeting to update partners on mpox response

Freetown, Sierra Leone - Today in Freetown, the World Health Organization (WHO) organize

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medicamentos

Angola takes a decisive step towards ensuring safer, more effective, and more accessible medicines and health technologies

Between June 3 and 5, the Angola Medicines and Hea

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Tamayi Mlanda, Information Systems Specialist from the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO) facilitating the training of end-users in Lesotho

Lesotho leads Africa in health innovation: pilots AFFLU Influenza Surveillance Platform

Maseru – Lesotho has become the first nation in the WHO African Region to pilot the Afro Influenza (AFFLU) surveillance platform, a cutting-edge initiative aime

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WHO Testing Kits to MoH Angola

WHO Donates Mobile Water Testing Kits to Boost Angola’s Water Safety Monitoring

Luanda, 10 June 2025 — The World Health Organization (WHO) today donated three mobile water quality testing kits to the Ministry of Health, through the Instituto Nacion

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