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Umutoniwase Marie-Claire playing with her daughter Ornella

Securing a healthier future: Rwanda's vaccination efforts protect children from polio

Rwanda – When community health workers announced a mass polio…
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Mapangano Jeremiah, a Covid-19 Vaccine champion

Covid-19 Vaccination critical in ending the pandemic

Mapangano Jeremiah, a truck driver from Nkope in Mangochi,…
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Human papillomavirus vaccination in Ethiopia protects over 6.3 million girls from cervical cancer

Human papillomavirus vaccination in Ethiopia protects over 6.3 million girls from cervical cancer

Addis Ababa ‒ Fourteen-year-old girl Saba. D. (name changed), from…
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HE Hisao Nishimaki, Ambassador of Japan in Namibia, and Hon Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services

Improving universal health coverage through outreach health services in Kunene and Omaheke regions

Over 4000 women, children and vulnerable communities received access…
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Addressing Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis: Urgent Action Needed to Save Lives

Addressing Ethiopia's humanitarian needs: Urgent action needed to save lives

Ethiopia is facing one of its most severe humanitarian crises in…
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For fourteen-year-old João, the opening of the PEN-Plus clinic in Nhamatanda, Mozambique, was lifesaving. Living with rheumatic heart disease, over the course of three years his condition deteriorated after a spate of misdiagnoses. Determining he needed critical life-saving heart surgery, his doctor received support from PEN-Plus to fly him to the capital Maputo in order to get the procedure done. Still attending the clinic for follow-up appointments and treatments, João’s health has now greatly improved.

Boosting efforts to transform care for severe chronic diseases in Africa

Dar es Salaam – Health experts from across Africa, policymakers,…
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Pioneering charter to drive up investment in Africa’s health workforce

Pioneering charter to drive up investment in Africa’s health workforce

Brazzaville – A pioneering health investment charter, a first for the…
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Dr. Jane Maina, WHO Country Rep. for Gambia, reads her statement to the media and participants in attendance of the day's commemoration

WHO Celebrates World Malaria Day, Highlights Progress and Challenges

Banjul, The Gambia - In a poignant celebration marking World Malaria…
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