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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…

Delegates adopted recommendations on Exchange of Best Practices to Reaching Every District/Community, equity and integration of child survival interventions in ESA

Cape Town, 29 January 2016 - The first ever workshop

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…

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…

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,…

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…

CDC/J. Gathany

Dr Moeti urges vigilance amid spread of Zika virus

Brazzaville, 4 February 2016 - Countries from the WHO African…

Angola starts massive campaign to contain Yellow Fever Outbreak

3 February 2016, Luanda - Angolan authorities sta