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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…
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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…
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WHO Representative Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam hands the MOU to the Dean of MUSPH Dr Rhoda Wanyenze

WHO and Makerere University School of Public Health to collaborate on health research and training of health professionals

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Makerere University…
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One of the groups drafting a component of the strategy

Botswana develops first ever multi-sectoral Tobacco Control Strategy

Gaborone, Botswana - 18-22 March 2019: The Ministry of Health and…
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WHO Africa Health Forum closes with a road map to achieving universal health coverage and health security

WHO Africa Health Forum closes with a road map to achieving universal health coverage and health security

The second World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa Health Forum…
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Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO

Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO

Nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to…
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Healh workers receive members of the public for TB screening during the commemoration

Minister of Health calls for accelerated action to end tuberculosis deaths

Uganda commemorated World Tuberculosis Day under the theme, "It Is…
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The JAM team at the JNIA

Ebola Virus Disease preparedness assessment in Tanzania

Two outbreaks of Ebola virus disease (EVD) have occurred in the…
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