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Emergency Ministerial Meeting on Ebola opens in Accra, Ghana

Accra, 2 July 2014 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa,
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Child receives polio drops at the launch of the 9th SIAs in Warder, Doollo Zone, Somali Region, Ethiopia

Horn of Africa Countries Join Forces to Kick Polio Out of the Region

Synchronized polio supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) were…
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Map showing worldwide distribution of trachoma.

GET2020: Counting Down towards Trachoma Elimination

18th meeting of the GET2020 Alliance takes place in Addis Ababa.
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National Blood Bank in Addis Ababa

Ethiopia Commences World Blood Donor Day 2014 Celebrations

Give blood for those who give life. Safe blood for saving mothers.
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WHO Field Coordinator briefing the UN team in Kailahun.

United Nations Country Team Undertakes field visits to assess Ebola outbreak response

Heads of agencies of the United Nations in Sierra Leone visited…
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Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health, gets his blood pressure checked at the launch event on 17 April 2014.

FMoH – A Tobacco-Free and Physically Active Workplace

The Federal Ministry of Health of Ethiopia becomes a smoke-free and…
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Dr Abdi Mohammed, WHO Representative making remarks at the official opening of the Health Policy Review Workshop

Launch of South Sudan National Health Policy Review Workshop

The World Health Organisation is supporting South Sudan’s Ministry of…
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Taking stock of immunization in South Africa

30 June 2014 -- Immunization averts some 2.5 million premature deaths…
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