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Participants from 47 countries and development partners

WHO scales up implementation of integrated disease surveillance tools in Africa

The World Health Organization Health Emergencies program (WHE) will…

Left to right: Ms. Cunningham (USAID), Dr, Aceng (Minster of Health), Ms Girma (UNICEF) and Dr. Nanyunja (WHO)

Uganda hosts Inter-agency meeting on Neonatal health for Eastern and Southern Africa

WHO-AFRO) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Education…

Tackling the common health challenges of African Small Island Developing States

Tackling the common health challenges faced by Small Island…

Minister of Health, Uganda, Dr Aceng makes her remarks at the opening of the meeting

Countries commit to scaling-up IDSR to tackle guinea worm disease in Africa

Experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya…

The landslide which started in Regent devastated homes, communities and waterways along its path

Mitigating health risks in the wake of disaster

FREETOWN, September 21 2017 --- On the morning of 14th August 2017,…

Diane Irakoze a écouté avec attention les conseils pour bien utiliser sa moustiquaire

Campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées : un engouement certain

A jour 3, la campagne prévue pour durer 5 jours se déroule comme…

His Excellency Ambassador Alan Hamson hands the bunch of keys for the maternity complexes to the Honorable Minister Dr Riek Gai Kok. Photo WHO

WHO with funding from the Government of Canada inaugurates newly constructed maternity complexes in Awiel and Kuajok

19 September 2017, Juba – As part of its efforts to ensure the…

Dr Pascal Mkanda presenting 34th ERC preliminary findingd and recommendations

Polio eradication: Experts say Nigeria not ‘out of the woods yet’.

Abuja, 20 September 2017-The 34th session of the Expert Review…