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Uganda health workers supporting West Africa on Ebola response

Kampala, 15th August 2014:- As the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD)…
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Ebola Preparedness and Response Plan: Lesotho Acts

Maseru, Lesotho, 15 August 2014 - Following a declaration…
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Dr Mary Tapgun, African Union Commission Medical Services Directorate, Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, and Ms. Wynne Musabayana, Deputy Head of Division, African Union Commission Information and Communication Directorate, and H.E. Amidou Toure, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso, briefed the media on the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa in a press conference at the

The African Union Commission Pledges One Million to Ebola Response

The African Union Commission and the World Health Organization Urge…
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L-R: Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative; Ato Abebe Balcha, Ethiopia's Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health; Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of WHO.

There is No Health without Mental Health - Reforming Mental Health Services in Ethiopia

Ethiopia holds first National Mental Health Symposium  
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President Koroma, left, at the EOC working station being briefed by Dr Mufunda, WHO Representative

President Koroma attends meeting of the Ebola Emergency Operations Centre

Freetown, 11 August 2014 – President Ernest Bai Koroma made his third…
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H E President Ernest Bai Koroma and Dr Mufunda WHO Representative WHO/Saffea Gborie

President Koroma makes second visit to the Ebola Emergency Operations Centre at the WHO Country Office

Freetown, 9 August 2014 – The President of the Republic of Sierra…
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The Sultan Of Sokoto Increases Oversight and Monitoring Of The Polio Programme to Sustain Gains for Interruption

Abuja, 08 August, 2014 - The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Alhaji…
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Half-day Orientation on Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Preparedness and Response, L-R: WHO Representative, Director of Medical Services, FMoH, and Deputy Director General of EPHI.

Ethiopia One Step Ahead of the Ebola Virus

Addis Ababa. 6 August 2014 – A half-day orientation on…
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