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Children on a queue for FIPV and nOPV vaccines at Bororo settlement

Protecting every child in Nigeria from poliovirus 

Minna, 23 August, 2023 - In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-…
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Tackling chronic diseases

Tackling chronic diseases

Teresa Ramos de Carvalho’s long struggle with hypertension and…
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WHO Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, delivers vital medicine to the Amhara Region

WHO Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, delivers vital medicine to the Amhara Region

With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia, the…
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Protecting every child from poliovirus

Protecting every child from poliovirus

In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-Kambari, five-year-old Fati…
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Semen testing, safe sex counselling for male Ebola survivors halts disease spread

Halting the spread of Ebola through sexual transmission

Ebola survivor Randall Varney lost nine family members, including his…
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Inching closer to malaria elimination

Inching closer to malaria elimination

When Obolokamang Mahupe’s son began experiencing flu symptoms, which…
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Honorable Yolanda Awel Deng Juac, Minister of Health, and Dr Fabian Ndenzako, WHO Representative a.i. for South Sudan cut the ribbon to officially open the Waste Management Facility in Juba

WHO handed over the first-ever medical waste management to South Sudan’s Ministry of Health

To manage infectious and hazardous waste, WHO built a state-of-the-…
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Africa seeks Climate Justice for Health

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