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Youth promoting HIV testing

The HIV Self-Testing Africa (STAR) project in Zambia shows potential for increasing uptake and coverage of HIV testing

Lusaka - 21 July 2017- Following the completion of phase one of the…

Dr Ibrahima-Soce Fall makes a presentaion on the emergency hub at the Ministry of Health, Nairobi as Dr Rudi Eggers, WR Kenya, looks on

WHO establishes an Emergency Hub in Nairobi

July 14, 2017 - The creation of an emergency hub in Nairobi by World…

Dignitaries at the ceremony with Prof. JM Dangou in the middle flanked by the US Ambassador (l) and Hon. Minister for Health and Social Welfare (r)

Progress towards Malaria Elimination in The Gambia

“Progress towards Malaria Elimination in The Gambia”

Prof. JM Dangou presenting award to Hon. Minister for Finance & Economic Affairs

Gambia launches National Tobacco Control Act 2016 whilst WHO honours national tobacco control champions for 2017

20 July 2017, Banjul | Today marks two important…

WHO surge team holds daily morning meetings

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…

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…

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)…