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The WHO Representative, Dr. Olusegun Babaniyi (centre) with Dr. Kennedy Malama, Provincial Medical Officer, Eastern Province (L) and Dr. Daniel Makawa, Acting Hospi-tal Suprintentent at Chipata General Hospital (R) and WCO and Hospital staff members.

Eastern Province seeks WHO support to address challenges in the control of communicable diseases and improvement of maternal and child health services

The WHO Representative, Dr. Olusegun Babaniyi visited the Eastern…
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Dr Sambo calls for intensified action to address major health challenges facing Africa

Brazzaville, 15 February 2013 – The World Health Organizati
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The National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, being funded by Partners in Health, in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, was officially launched on the 05th February 2013 at Bots’abelo in Maseru district. The function was beautified by the presence

The National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, being funded by…
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Director PEPFAR flanked by unicef on the right and WHO Representative on the left

PEPFAR’S Director of Programs visits Cameroon - Meets with partners involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS at WHO Country Office

The Director of programs PEPFAR (The United States President’s…
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Lesotho develops National Business Continuity Plan

Lesotho recently completed a training session on the development of a…
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The State Minster of Health H.E. Jehan Deng shows off the key for the new maternity ward moments after receiving it from Dr Abdi Aden Mohamed, WHO Representative for South Sudan, the Canadian Ambassador to South Sudan Nick Coghan and the contractor who built the maternity ward

Improving maternal health in Jonglei State: new maternity ward established, 7 February 2013

7 February 2013 – Nine months after starting work in Bor State…
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Speeding up access to quality medicines in Africa

In many countries, medicines are required to go through a national…
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66th session of the Federation of International Civil Servants’ Association (FICSA) begins in Brazzaville, Congo

WHO Regional Director for Africa underscores the need to work to…
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