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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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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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“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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Experts discuss improvement of Medical Education and Training in Africa

Brazzaville, 9 July 2014 – A three-day Regional Consultatio
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Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO Assistant Director General for Health Security addressing WHO Ebola field response teams in Kenema

WHO Assistant Director General Visits Ebola Response Staff in the field in Sierra Leone

Dr Keiji Fukuda, the Assistant Director General (ADG) for Health…
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Uganda Releases Results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2013

Kampala, 8th July 2014:- Uganda released preliminary results of…
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