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22ª Reunião da Aliança da OMS para a eliminação do Tracoma no Mundo até o ano 2020 (GET2020)

WHO Alliance for the Global Elimination of Trachoma (GET2020) meets in Maputo

Maputo, 27 June 2019 - More than 180 trachoma specialists from…
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Alliance M. Honoré is in charge of the Ebola Alert call centre in Goma

Behind the scenes in the Ebola response : The call centre manager

The call centre offers a service that supports the efficiency of the…
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Dr Samson Paul Baba making an opening remarks during the ToT

WHO and Ministry of Health train more healthcare workers on management of Severe Acute Malnutrition

Juba, 21 June 2019: To further strengthen the capacity of healthcare…
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Participants who attended the official opening of the meeting

The Kingdom of Eswatini hosts the Polio 22nd Inter-Country Certification Committee meeting

The Kingdom of Eswatini hosted the 22nd Inter-Country Certification…
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Dr Moeti at a border crossing in Uganda

WHO Regional Director commends Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

With support from WHO and partners, Uganda has trained more than 16 …
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States in Nigeria’s South West zone conclude second round of outbreak response. All six States in the South West Zone have completed the ‘2nd Outbreak Response’ (OBR2) to the circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV2) with varying degrees of success. The exercise, implemented on 15 – 24 June, was in response to confirmed reports by the Lagos State Government of environmental strains of Polio Virus in Makoko, Itire and Maracana canals, as well as in Imeko Afon LGA of Ogun State. Initial large-scale z

States in Nigeria’s South West zone conclude second round of outbreak response. 

Lagos, 26 June, 2019 - All six States in the South West Zone have…
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United Nations Staff

Students remain the main source of safe blood in Eswatini

Students as voluntary unpaid donors remain the main source of safe…
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Dr Moeti (WHO Branded Jacket) observes immunization at Bwera Hopsital, Kasese district

WHO Regional Director commends Uganda’s Ebola preparedness response

Kampala, 26 June 2019 – After assessing one of the high-risk…
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