Opthalmic Nurse examining a woman in Yendi

Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness

13 June 2018 ¦ Brazzaville ¦ Accra ¦ Geneva - The World Health…
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Returning home after surviving Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Returning home after surviving Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lucien Ambunga, Catholic Priest and Pastor for the remote rural…
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Fusi, an Opthalmic nurse screens communities in Yendi Photo: Ruth McDowall/Sightsavers 2016

Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness

Ghana is the first African country to eliminate trachoma, freeing…
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La République centrafricaine se prépare pour barrer la route à Ebola | Photo: WHO/P. Lorgerie

The Central African Republic prepares for Ebola response

Bangui “The Central African Republic has made a good start in…
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Ministers of Health and Child Care and Primary and Secondary Education jointly launch the policy

Zimbabwe launches School Health Policy

6 June 2018.
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At one-month mark in Ebola outbreak, the focus shifts to remote areas

At one-month mark in Ebola outbreak, the focus shifts to remote areas

One month into the response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic…
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WHO teams in house-to-house search of suspected cases of cholera in Mubi North and South LGAs, Adamawa state

Adamawa cholera outbreak: Active search for cases in communities avert further spread 

“Initially, I thought it was nothing to worry about until I visited…
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(L-R) Dr. Alex Gasasira (WHO), Dr. Charles W. Oliver (USAID), Mrs. Ellen Munemo (ACCEL) and Assistant Health Minister Dr. Catherine cooper at the validation workshop

Ministry of Health validates Liberia’s first National Infection Prevention and Control Guidelines to promote quality healthcare and patient safety

Monrovia, 31 May 2018:
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