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Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, the Deputy Minister of International Relations for UAE, and Dr Munongo with the Strategy

Zimbabwe Launches Mental Health Strategy

The Ministry of health and Child Care (MOHCC) launched a Mental…

Elderly people are a blessing

Eritrea Developed Healthy Ageing Action Operational Plan

This photo is one that everyone is familiar with, in every community…

Glimpse of participants during the panel discussion

Has the National Public Health Institute and Partners kept the Liberia people safe from health emergencies 2 years after the Ebola outbreak?

Dr Matshidiso Moeti (2nd from left) in Mozambique

WHO scales up health response to Cyclone Idai in Mozambique

Today the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for…

Stop tobacco use.

Tobacco use ‘snuffs’ out life of over 16,000 annually in Nigeria.

Abuja 31 March 2019 - Abubakar Salau is only 16 years old but…

Botswana takes bold steps to address health and wellbeing of the older population

Gaborone, Botswana - 29 March 2019: The Botswana Ministry of…

In Madagascar, mothers show grit to protect their children as government, partners battle measles epidemic

Madera is not a trained health worker but she is waging her own…

Vacinação contra Pólio

Father vaccinates community after daughter paralyzed by polio in Mozambique

After his six year-old daughter Jemita was diagnosed with polio in…