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Sierra Leone vaccinates 70% of its population against COVID-19, meets global target

Sierra Leone vaccinates 70% of its population against COVID-19, meets global target

Freetown 21 December 2022 – Sierra Leone has achieved the global…
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Ethiopia hosts consultative meeting on cross border coordination of Pastoral nutrition project

Ethiopia hosts consultative meeting on cross border coordination of Pastoral nutrition project

The Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) in close…
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A member of community health champion providing health risk messaging. Photo_credit: Kingsley Igwebuike/WHO

 Community Champions create awareness on mpox among  vulnerable populations of Adamawa State

Yola, 20 December, 2022 - In August 2022, 31 years old Mrs Jenifer…
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A Mental health nurse prescribing drug to a patient at PHC Mala-Kachallah during the consultation. Photo credit: Kingsley Igwebuike/WHO

How mental health support is restoring hope in war-torn Nigeria

Maiduguri, 20 December, 2022 – "At some point, I lost it,” says…
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WCO Eritrea - Preventing and Responding to Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PRSEAH) training is conducted

WCO Eritrea staff conducted in-house training on preventing and…
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Primary healthcare workers using WHO-PEN module to educate a woman about breast cancer before screening her at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital

Beating noncommunicable diseases through primary healthcare

In Ghana, NCDs account for 43% all-cause mortality, with major NCDs…
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Donated generator. Photo_credit: WHONigeria/ Igwebuikek

WHO boosts function of Maiduguri  Polio laboratory 

Borno, 15 December, 2022 - One of the 36 States in Nigeria, had been…
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Aminata Kaoucen, Nurse

Aminata Kaoucen, Nurse

Aminata Kaoucen works as a nurse for a local NGO called Action pour…
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