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The day the lab techs helped change the fate of a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Medical biologist Espérance Tshiwedi was in a meeting back in July…

Staff of the WHO Country office in Uganda at Mbale Resort Hotel

WHO Uganda Staff Retreat To Assess Annual Achievements, Plan for the future and build a Cohesive Team

Mbale, 5 November 2019:- Retreats provide a good opportunity for…

Aluísio Gonzaga Pio, Head of DPS’s Planning and Cooperation Department.

WHO donation - prefabricated clinic to the Sofala Provincial Health Directorate: WHO’s support to alleviate suffering of pregnant women who had to walk 37 kilometers to the referral hospital

BEIRA, Mozambique – The World Health Organization (WHO) has…

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Stopping the spread of disease and saving lives through timely risk communication and community engagement in South Sudan

Juba, 1 November 2019: “Timely risk communication and community…

The Ministry of Health and the United Nations condemn attack on health worker supporting the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Ministry of Health and the United Nations condemn attack on health worker supporting the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The interministerial technical secretariat of the response to the…

WHO Rep. voluntarily donating blood demostrates his leadersip role in health to saving lives

UN-Gambia promotes Voluntary Blood Donation in Commemoration of UN Day

Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie Claire Lamah is a doctor from the West Africa country of Guinea…

Participants of the workshop

Access to Affordable Vaccines for Middle Income Countries Workshop kicks off in Eswatini

The Minister of Health, Honourable Lizzie Nkosi opened the second…