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Ethiopia Marks World Patient Safety Day 2025 with Renewed Commitment to Safer Care for Children

Ethiopia Marks World Patient Safety Day 2025 with Renewed Commitment to Safer Care for Children

Addis Ababa, 17 September 2025 — Ethiopia joined the global community in commemorating World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) 2025 under the theme “Safe care for every newborn and ever

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Digitizing Fuel Management: WHO Ethiopia Fully Adopts TeleBirr E-Payment System

Digitizing Fuel Management: WHO Ethiopia Fully Adopts TeleBirr E-Payment System

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

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Angola strengthens Ebola outbreak preparedness measures

Angola strengthens Ebola outbreak preparedness measures

Following the declaration of Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola is stepping up disease surveillance, prevention and preparedness measures especially in the country’s Lunda Norte province which borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Healthcare workers administering the polio vaccine to a child as part of immunization efforts to protect children from poliovirus.

South Sudan launches landmark integrated health campaign, protecting 2.1 million children from Polio and 1.2 million people from Schistosomiasis simultaneously

Juba- The Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World Health Organ

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Trained midwives, transformed lives in Mali

Trained midwives, transformed lives in Mali

Bamako – “I was ashamed to talk about contraceptives because it is still a taboo subject in some circles where I live.

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National Bridging Workshop

Lesotho strengthens one health collaboration through national bridging workshop

Maseru-In a bid to strengthen coordination between human and anima

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Minister of Health, Selibe Mochoboroane (Left), WHO Representative, Dr. Innocent Nuwagira (Centre) and Associate Director of NCDI Poverty Network, Dr. Colin Pfaff at the launch of the NCDIs multisectoral mechanism

Lesotho ramps up efforts to curb NCDIs with national coordinating mechanism

Maseru – To address the rising burden of non-communicable diseases and injuries (NCDIs), the Ministry of Health, supported by the World Health Org

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Nhlangano Health Centre Nursing Sisters discussing the MR campaign data

Eswatini’s nationwide MR Vaccination campaign reaches 87% coverage

Eswatini’s nationwide Measles Rub

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