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Strategies to reverse tobacco usage in Africa in the spotlight

Tobacco is one of the leading causes of morbidity worldwide, and with…
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Orisa Brito with her baby Lila and the WHO Cabo Verde DPC, Carolina Leite

Cabo Verde sets the bar for ending mother-to-child transmission of viral hepatitis 

“Vaccinating is protecting who you love the most. Everyone should do…
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Go.Data in Ebola response in Uganda

WHO’s Data Tool improves Ebola Surveillance, Contact Tracing and Decision Making in Uganda

Kasese, 26th July 2019: - The recently introduced Go.Data, a software…
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Countries strategize their plan on Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) to end preventable child death

Globally, 5.4 million children under the age of 5 died in 2017.…
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Ethiopia joins global efforts to end cholera by 2030

23 July 2019: Addis Ababa – The responsibility to eliminate cholera…
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Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax - The Executive Secretary of SADC (right) and Dr Martins Ovberedjo - outgoing WHO Representative to Botswana (left)

The Executive Secretary of SADC hosts the WHO Representative as he bids farewell

Gaborone, Botswana - 26 July 2019: Dr Stergomena Lawrence Tax, The…
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Ethiopia, Somaliland and Puntland jointly plan for the synchronized HoA cross-border polio response

The second synchronized Horn of Africa cross-border polio…
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His Excellency Dr Mokgwetsi E.K. Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana (left) meeting with Dr Martins Ovberedjo, the outgoing WHO Representative to Botswana (right)

WHO Representative to Botswana finishes tour of duty on re-assignment

Gaborone, Botswana - 25 July 2019: This morning, His Excellency Dr…
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