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…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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The IHR JEE team visiting the Central Medical Stores to validate findings presented in the JEE Self-Evaluation report

South Sudan conducts Joint External Evaluation of Core capacities for International Health Regulation (2005)

As a strategy to strengthen the country’s capacity to prevent, detect…
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WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border

WHO supports containment of rare virus on Uganda-Kenya border

20 OCTOBER 2017 | GENEVA - WHO is working to contain an outbreak of…
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WHO LGA Facilitator in sensitization meeting with teachers and pupils in a Yenagoa Primary school

WHO supports Bayelsa state to rapidly contain outbreak of Monkeypox virus.

Yenagoa, 20 October 2017-World Health Organization (WHO) is…
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WR Kenya Dr Rudi Eggers, extreme right, with MOH colleagues during the launch of the World Mental Health Day in Kenya

Mental Health: Promote better workplace and well being

World Mental Health Day 2017 was commemorated in Kenya with a call…
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