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Enhancing preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa

Enhancing preparedness to tackle rising zoonotic diseases in Africa

The ongoing Marburg virus disease outbreaks in Equatorial Guinea and…
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Nyatuka Othow and her children received oral cholera vaccine

Reactive cholera vaccination campaign kicks off in Malakal

At a vaccination center set under a neem tree in Hai Jalaba…
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A patient on IV fluids at Ofatura PHC, Obabura

WHO supports Cross River State to combat cholera outbreak

Calabar, 4 April, 2023 - Cholera is endemic in Nigeria. It is highly…
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Elizabeth, a 7-year-old girl from Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana shows her marked finger after receiving her polio vaccine.

Botswana ran a polio supplementary vaccination campaign

Botswana conducted a two-round polio supplementary vaccination…
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WHO personnel counselling a TB Patient

Osun State not taking its foot off the pedal in the fight against Tuberculosis

Osun, 31 March, 2023 - “I was coughing out blood persistently for…
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Mr Ben Nangombe, ED of MOHSS, with Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Hisao Nishimaki, WHO Representative, Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esther Muinjangue

WHO, Japan collaborate to address malnutrition in Namibia

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative and the Japanese…
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Launching of the Mauritius National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan 2022-2026 on 23 March 2023 at Cote d'Or Sports Complex

Mauritius launched the first National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan to ensure healthy ageing

Port Louis.  The National Integrated Care for Older People…
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Participants at the Diabetes Spotlight meeting

Uganda Casts the Spotlight on Diabetes; Adopts Global Diabetes Targets

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from World Health…
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