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His Excellency President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa and Jean Todt, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Road Safety

Zimbabwe Welcomes UN Special Envoy Jean Todt: A New Chapter for Road Safety Initiatives

By Tatenda Chimbwanda
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Sweden to invest additional $42 million to improve sexual and reproductive health in East and Southern Africa

Sweden to invest additional $42 million to improve sexual and reproductive health in East and Southern Africa

Sweden today announced a further investment of $42 million for sexual…
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In Madagascar, mobile clinics bolster health surveillance during cyclones

In Madagascar, mobile clinics bolster health surveillance during cyclones

After the Batsirai and Emnati cyclones hit Madagascar’s south-eastern…
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Professor. Jean-Marie Dangou, WHO's representative in Zimbabwe.

Lead Poisoning in Locally Manufactured Paints: A Threat to Zimbabwean Society

By Tatenda Chimbwanda
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Strengthening disaster management and response in Tanzania

Dar es Salam - Over the recent years, climate change and natural…
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Combatting disease threats among people fleeing the Sudan conflict

Combatting disease threats among people fleeing the Sudan conflict

Mary Ukuach Deng, 34, recalls the morning when she and her three…
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Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Officer-in-Charge, Mr. Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of MHSS, Mrs Philomena Ochurus, Director of Health Information and Research and Mrs Kaura also from the Directorate of Health Information and Research

Namibia improves ability to detect and respond effectively to high priority communicable and non-communicable diseases

19 June 2023 marked the launch of the Integrated Disease Surveillance…
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Nurses help to put an expectant mother into the ambulance upon referral to the next level health facility. Ambulance services have made it possible for such timely referrals.

WHO/KOICA Project saving lives of mothers and babies in Busoga, Uganda

In many parts of the Busoga region in Eastern Uganda which has an…
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