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Brazzaville, July 19, 2019 – As the Global Vaccine Action Plan GVAP) 2011-2020 nears its conclusion in 2020, a regional consultation was held…
Renewed impetus to achieve universal access to immunization…
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Alloya, a town serving a gold mining district in North Kivu is a town that understands trade and business. It is also a town with deep mistrust of…
Mixing it with the Motards: understanding the needs and…
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Brazzaville, 15 July 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up operations in Burkina Faso in response to a…
WHO scales up activities in Burkina Faso in response to…
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Brazzaville, 08 July 2019 - Although there has been progress in reducing malaria in Africa, most notably with the declaration of Algeria as malaria-…
A “One WHO approach” for Malaria elimination in the African…
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Claiming thousands of lives every year, maternal and neonatal tetanus (MNT) is a devastating disease caused by toxins released from Clostridium tetani bacteria.
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La tuberculose (TB) est la neuvième cause de mortalité dans le monde et la principale cause d'un seul agent infectieux, en tête…
Organ donation takes healthy organs and tissues from a donor and transplants them into a recipient.
Sickle cell disease (SCD), or sickle cell anaemia, is a major genetic disease that affects most countries in the African Region.
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Zero tolerance for sexual abuse and fraud
WHO has a zero tolerance policy for Fraud, all forms of harrasment (including sexual), and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).
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Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa…
Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - As the rainy season reaches its peak, the…
Alloya, a town serving a gold mining district in North Kivu is a town…
Awka 17 July 2019 - In Anambra State, South East Nigeria, the…
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Hand hygiene in Ebola care facilities
Survivors in Limbo
Stepping up the fight against Ebola in Western Sierra Leone
field report from Koinadugu, Sierra Leone
Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2030.
