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Dr Owen Kaluwa interacting with the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey

Dr Owen Kaluwa, WHO Country Representative bids farewell to the Government and People of Ghana

Dr Owen Laws Kaluwa, has bid farewell to the Government and the…

Diabetes is a family affair in Kenya

Diabetes is a family affair in Kenya

Alara Amin was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with type 1…

Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng, WHO Representative to Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam and, Dr Githingi Gitahi, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Amref Health Africa with delegates at the Health Promotion Conference

Uganda Holds Inaugural National Conference on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Kampala, 13 November, 2019:- There was one resounding message that…

Oral Polio Immunization, one of the GAVI supported activities in Uganda

Ministry of Health Conducts Joint Appraisal of GAVI support to the Uganda National Expanded Program on Immunization

Kampala, 13 November 2019: - The Ministry of Health (MoH), with…

Nigeria’s Minister, Federal Ministry of Environment, (FMoE), Alhaji Muhammad Mahmood delivering his speech

World Toilet Day – Nigeria joins global community to advocate for “Toilets for All”.

Abuja, 13 November 2019 - Nigeria has flagged off series of…

A member of the hard-to-reach team providing support to a patient in Borno State.

Health workers provide care to gender-based violence survivors in north-eastern Nigeria

Maiduguri, 12 November, 2019 - In north-eastern Nigeria, the World…

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine

WHO prequalifies Ebola vaccine, paving the way for its use in high-risk countries

WHO prequalifies an Ebola vaccine for the first time, a critical step…

Polio immunisation

Zambia launches polio immunisation campaign targeting more than 478, 500 children following an outbreak in the northern part of the country

Zambia has launched a polio immunisation campaign after conf