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First-ever World Food Safety Day elevates attention to dangerous foodborne diseases in Africa

First-ever World Food Safety Day elevates attention to dangerous foodborne diseases in Africa

An estimated 91 million people in Africa in a year consume…
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His Majesty King Mswati III and other diginitaries

His Majesty King Mswati III launches End Malaria Fund

His Majesty King Mswati III, who is the current chairperson for the…
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Trained health workers attending patients at a health facility

WHO empowers 5,500 health workers through capacity building interventions across the North-east of Nigeria

Maiduguri, 6 June, 2019 - Fatma Bukar is a registered nurse/midwife…
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WHO Country Representative, Dr Owen Kaluwa addressing participants at the function

Ghana joins the rest of the world to celebrate World No Tobacco Day

Ghana on Monday 3rd June 2019 joined  the rest of the world to…
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The mOPV2 vials in the two sacs before entering into the incinerator

Ethiopia destroyed the mOPV2 vials used for the first phase cVDPV response

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 30 May 2019: Ethiopia destructed the…
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Lat batch of health workers being trained on the use of te electronic application

Sierra Leone leads the way in Africa with fully functional electronic disease surveillance system

Freetown – 6 June 2019: Sierra Leone has become the first country in…
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Psychologist team at the Butembo Ebola Treatment Centre meet in their office which was damaged in an arson attack earlier this year.

Psychological support for life after Ebola

It is a bittersweet day for Kennedy, 8 years old, who is about to be…
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Group photograph after the flag-off of health sector field assessment on ASGM in Nigeria in March 2019.

WHO welcomes end of emergency phase of the 2019 Lassa fever outbreak but calls on partners to remain mobilized

Abuja 31 May 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the…
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