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Malawi hosts the first ‘Salt reduction intercountry workshop in the African Region’

Malawi hosts the first ‘Salt reduction intercountry workshop in the African Region’

From the 17 to 21 July the Ministry of Health in collaboration with…

Health workers (Doctors and Midwives) from high maternal mortality burden hospitals

Botswana Continues To Explore Ways To Reduce Maternal Mortality

Gaborone, Botswana – 27 July 2018: The Ministry of Health and…

WHO staff administers Polio Vaccine during the OPV campaign in Uganda

No Vaccine Derived Polio Outbreak in Uganda

Kampala 27 July 2018:- In response to allegations made in the UN…

Participants posing for a group photo

South Sudan strengthens preparedness and response for Ebola and other deadly diseases through Emergency risk communication

Juba 26 July, 2018 – In an effort to implement the recommendations of…

Dr Tedros and President Denis Sassou Nguesso

WHO Director General: Republic of Congo can transform its primary health care into a model for other nations

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) has…

Women with eligible children queue up for routine immunization at health facility in Kaduna.

Nigeria to avert over 160,000 deaths in children yearly, with introduction of rotavirus vaccine into immunization schedule.

Nigeria introduces rotavirus vaccine to protect children from this…

The Minister of Health, Dr Riek Gai Kok addressing the press conference on the Guinea worm cases detected in the former Lakes State

South Sudan reports three new Guinea worm cases in Rumbek North and Rumbek Center

Juba, 23 July 2018 – South Sudan detected three new Guinea worm cases…

Ebola outbreak in DRC ends: WHO calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country

Ebola outbreak in DRC ends: WHO calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country

Forty-two days after the last confirmed case of Ebola, the 9th…