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Health workers in Marsabit County during a polio campaign in April 2017

World Polio Day: Thank you to the unsung heroes!

October 24, 2017: Kenya marks World Polio Day with a great…

Health workers at the UTH Bacteriology laboratory

WHO calls for strengthening of laboratory systems in efforts to fulfill their important role in the fight against infectious and chronic diseases.

The WHO Representative, a.i. Dr. Custodia Mandlhate has called for…

Plaidoyer pour promouvoir la ratification du protocole de commerce illicite des produits de tabac couplé au Lancement du Projet FCTC 2030 pour la lutte contre le tabac au Tchad !

La Maison de la Femme de N’Djamena a servi de cadre pour la cérémonie…

A community oriented resource person in Niger State examines a young child for pneumonia

Ministry of Health, WHO experts highlight results of life-saving programme for children under five.

Abuja, 23 October 2017

A midwife during a simulation exercise

Training clinicians to provide lifesaving emergency care for women and newborns

FREETOWN, 23 October 2017 --- In Sierra Leone, giving birth is one of…

The burial team burning the bedding and and clothes of the dead MVD confirmed case in Kween district

WHO promptly responds to Marburg Outbreak in Eastern Uganda

Following the confirmation of a case of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD)…

Participants at the training

WHO facilitates training on contact tracing for health professionals and volunteers on Plague

A one day training aimed at improving the capacity of health care…

The consultants from AFRO posing for a group photo with the WHO Representative Dr Tigest Ketsela Mengestu, UNFPA Representative Ms Sharareh Armikhalili, Ministry of Health PS Dr Simon Zwane and other senior officers from the WCO and Ministry of Health during the high level meeting.

Swaziland oriented on the role of the health sector in attaining Sustainable Development Goals

20 October 2017-Mbabane: The Ministry of Health, with support from…