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WHO’s support to the response of the acute watery diarrhoea outbreak in Ethiopia’s Somali Region

July 2017 - The Government of Ethiopia, through the Federal Ministry…

Dramatic increase in tobacco control policies

WHO report finds dramatic increase in life-saving tobacco control policies in last decade

19 July 2017 – In a new report published today, WHO finds that about…

WHO receives 500 000 doses of Oral Cholera Vaccine for a planned campaign in South Sudan. WHO South Sudan/L. Luwaga.

WHO scales up cholera response with 500 000 doses of oral cholera vaccine for vaccination campaign in South Sudan

Juba, South Sudan, 19 July 2017: The World Health Organization (WHO)…

Extending health coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Extending health coverage in the Democratic Republic of Congo

13 July 2017 – In the Tanganyika province of the Democratic Republic…

Participants at the meeting with the WHO Representative, a.i., Dr. Custodia Mandlhate (centre ), Director Public Health at MOH, Dr. Kennedy Malama (right) and IST ESA IVD Cluster lead, Dr. Daniel Fussum (left)

Zambia hosts the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) review meetings on the status of implementation of immunisation and surveillance plans and the WHO performance accountability framework

The WHO Country Office in Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry…

Mobile teams deliver healthcare to more than 400 000 in remote areas of north-eastern Nigeria

Mobile teams deliver healthcare to more than 400 000 in remote areas of north-eastern Nigeria

Among many women who brought their children to the WHO-supported…

A nutritionist does MUAC screening as part of the organisation’s contribution to mark the UN Day

5 places where WHO needs more emergencies funding to help people now

To help people living in some of the world’s most dire emergency…

WHO and partners conducting an assessment at Don Bosco Gumbo Oral Rehydration Point

WHO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and health partners strategizes efforts to combat cholera in South Sudan

Cholera contributes substantially to the disease burden in South…