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Combating cholera in Mozambique

Thousands of people received the oral cholera vaccine today as part…
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Ethiopia Observes 2019 World Health Day

Ethiopia Observes 2019 World Health Day

08 April 2019, Addis Ababa | A joint press conference to…
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President Danny Faure and Health Minister Jean Paul Adam with health staff with 40 years’ service

Seychelles joins the rest of the world to commemorate World Health Day 2019, recognizing the critical role health workers play in achieving universal health coverage

Victoria, Seychelles, 9 April 2019- An award ceremony for long…
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Temperature taking of a child who presented with high fever

The Ministry of Health with support from WHO and partners investigates a cluster of unexplained deaths in Jie payam, Kapoeta East

Juba, 8 April 2019 – The World Health Organization supported the…
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The system helps monitor disease outbreaks in real time

The mobile phone app that discovers disease and saves lives in Africa

What if a mobile phone could prevent a health epidemic? It may sound…
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Press Conference: Minister of Health, Dr Diane Gashumba(middle) with Minister of State(Dr Patrick Ndimubanzi) and WHO Office in Charge(Dr Juliet Bataringaya)

PRESS RELEASE: Rwanda to vaccinate Front-line health-workers against Ebola

Kigali, April 5, 2019 --- The Ministry of Health with support from…
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Introduction of One Health Costing Tool

WHO supports Gauteng Provincial Department of Health to cost Maternal and Neonatal Revival Plan (2019-22)

Following completion of drafting the Gauteng Provincial Department of…
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WHO South Africa Staff

WHO South Africa sets the organizational and staff objectives for 2019 in alignment with the Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW-13)

To commemorate the WHO global initiative “Goals Week: Connect your…
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