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WHO Innovation Challenge to announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde

WHO announces 30 finalists in its first-ever Innovation Challenge…
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Photo: Andreea Câmpeanu

Dynamic staff and sparkling maternity complex deliver improved maternal health in South Sudan

Angelina Bakhit recovers after giving birth to her son, Mayen, by…
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Sentinelle N°4

Le nouveau numéro de la Sentinelle est disponible

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Seasonal workers in West Gondar

Preventing potentially fatal tropical disease in thousands of migrants in Ethiopia

Every year, hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers from across…
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WHO’s Technical Officer training vaccinators in Mayom

Mass measles vaccination campaign underway in response to outbreak in Mayom, South Sudan

Mayom, 6 March 2019 – A campaign to immunize nearly 40,000 children…
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Measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Brazzaville

The Republic of Congo starts vaccinating 2.2 million children against Measles and Rubella

Under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Congo,…
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Vaccination in Harare

Africa’s first-ever mass typhoid fever vaccination campaign ends in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe concludes an eight-day, mass typhoid fever vaccination. The…
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WHO presenting thermometers for Lassa fever outbreak response to Enugu state

WHO remains mobilized against Lassa fever cases as number of cases go down in affected areas

Abuja, 04 March 2019 – While the number of new Lassa fever cases have…
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