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Community drug distributors and WHO staff with poles they use to measure the height of participants during a mass drug administration. Height is used to determine the proper treatment dosage for participants. e.g. an individual who is above 158 cm, which has the number 4, would receive four doses of ivermectin

WHO and Ministry of Health conduct mass drug administration against river blindness in South Sudan

Juba, 10 February 2016 --  To accelerate the elimination of…
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A group photo of participants at the workshop

Gambia initiates an all hazard health sector preparedness and response plan

With the technical and financial support from WHO, the Ministry of…
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WHO Country Office group photo

Rwanda WHO Country Office staff urged to embrace change and become an even more effective team

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Rwanda…
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Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses dilating on the importance of the mission whose findings will help the country in its emergency prepared-ness and response.

Gambia conducts a Joint external assessment of health sector all hazard emergency preparedness and response: January 30 – February 05, 2016

The unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in…
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A South Sudanese boy examins a cloth filter The Carter Center

Former President Jimmy Carter to address British parliament on dracunculiasis eradication

23 September 2016 | Geneva | New Delhi | Beijing − The World Health…
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Cross section of contacts and communities celebrating the discharge of the 33 contacts

Statement by WHO Sierra Leone to the media on the discharge of contacts from monitoring and follow up delivered by the WHO Representative, Dr Anders Nordström.

On 3 February 33 contacts were discharge from quarantine…
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The Minster of Health, the Governor of the States, the WHO Representative, the Head of Cooperation in the Embassy of Canada and the Undersecretary breaking the ground in Awiel

WHO with funding from the Government of Canada to build maternity complexes in Torit, Kuajok and Awiel

As part of the efforts to reduce maternal mortality in South Sudan,…
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A team from WHO meet with senior staff of Jirapa hospital in Upper West Region during a mission to assess the status of meningitis preparedness and response activities

WHO supports the Ministry of Health Ghana in response to meningitis outbreak

Accra, 04 February2016 – In response to the ongoing meningitis…
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