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Hon. Minister and WR during the presentation of items

UN supports Ebola preparedness in The Gambia

BANJUL, 17 June 2014 - The United Nation System in The Gambia…
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Dr Abdi making remarks at the launch WHO/M.Gargar

South Sudan Launches Five-in-one Pentavalent Vaccine

Today marks another significant milestone in the fight against…
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The Hon Minister of Health, Dr Riek Gai Kok, Dr Abdi Mohamed, WHO Representative and Dr Barnbas, UNFPA Representative welcoming the President to Wau Teaching Hospital

President Salva Kiir Mayardit opens officially the Wau Maternity complex theatre, waiting Home, Regional Blood transfusion service and specialized Laboratory services in Wau city Teaching Hospital, Western Bahr Ghazal state.

15 July 2014 – Ten months after starting work in Wau Hospital, a new…
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Dr Eugene Nyarko (WR) speaking to the audience in Zomba at Gynkhana Club Ground

Malawi eyes the 80,000 units of blood collection target per year by the year 2020

14 June 2014, Gymkhana Club Ground, Zomba: The Malawi Blood…
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Hon Minister of Health Dr Riek Gai Kok, Dr Abdi Mohamed and Dr Makur Kariom, Undersecretary Ministry of Health at the Rumbek Maternity Hospital entrance

WHO deploys a surgeon and an anesthetist in the new Salva Kiir Mayardit Women’s Hospital in Rumbek officially opened by the President of South Sudan, Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit.

On 12 July 2014, a new hospital Kiir Mayardit Women’s Hospital was…
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Dr Yoti WHO AFRO facilitating the training

Kailahun deploys 300 volunteers to monitor persons exposed to Ebola virus in communities

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 11 July 2014 - The Kailahun District Health…
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“I never thought I’d be alive, talking and laughing like this, but thanks to WHO and partners I got treated of cholera and can resume my life again,” says Celestina Poni.

Grateful to be alive after severe bout of cholera, thanks to health partner support

Celestina Poni, a 29-year-old mother of five is glad to be alive,…
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Dr Pierre M'pele-Kilebou awards the medal to Hon Ato Abadula Gemeda.

The House of Peoples' Representatives Awarded by WHO for its Contribution to Tobacco Control in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa.
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