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Restoring hope to displaced Plateau State communities through coordinated humanitarian response

Jos, 26 January, 2024 - While the world was celebrating Christmas on 25 December 2023, the people of Bokkos, Barkin Ladi and Mangu Local Government Areas (LGA)

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Tackling challenges to improve cholera treatment in Zambia’s hardest-hit district

Tackling challenges to improve cholera treatment in Zambia’s hardest-hit district

Lusaka ‒ Imeldah Chulu lives near Matero level 1 hospital in Lusaka District, Zambia.

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Angola reinforces cholera preparedness and response measures

Angola reinforces cholera preparedness and response measures

Luanda – With ongoing cholera outbreaks in neighbouring countries, Angola is stepping up preparedness measures to ef

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Loading of malaria vaccines underway at Roberts International Airport in Margibi , Liberia

Ministry of Health, Gavi, WHO and UNICEF Announce Arrival of 112,000 Doses of Malaria Vaccine in Liberia

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Protocol signature between WHO and UAN

World Health Organization Partners with Universidade Agostinho Neto to Strengthen Health Education and Research in Angola

22nd January 2024 marks a momentous day for hea

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Ramping up response to curb Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Ramping up response to curb Zimbabwe cholera outbreak

Harare – Forty-six-year-old Goodluck Moyo* from Chitungwiza, a town just outside the country’s capital, Harare, star

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The first-ever consignment of the RTS,S malaria vaccine arrives in Liberia

The first-ever shipment of the RTS,S malaria vaccine arrives in Liberia

Monrovia – The Ministry of Health of Liberia, in collaboration with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, World Health Organization (WHO), and the United Nations Children

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Group photo of the 5th review meeting of the TB-LAB regional project

TB Laboratory Strengthening:

The Annual Tuberculosis (TB) Laboratory Project workshop with National TB Reference Laboratory managers from 23 countries in West and Central Africa, 11-13 December 2023. The main objective was to take stock of activities carried out within the framework of the TB Laboratory project.
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