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Stakeholders validate National Strategic Health Development Plan for cohesive implementation framework

Abuja, 18 May 2017 - This week, stakeholders converged in Abuja from…
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MUAC measurement shows child on malnutrition red alert Photo-WHO_Chima O

WHO-supported Severe Acute Malnutrition training comes at critical time

With an estimated 300,000 children in north-eastern Nigeria suffering…
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IPM team members dissect a rat suspected of being infected with plague. Photo: Institut Pasteur Madagascar

Plague outbreak in remote Madagascar puzzles investigators

Plague, though terrifying, is nothing new in Madagascar, where around…
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Madam Kamazoue Abatan, food vendor. She is a beneficiary of early diagnosis and prompt treatment.

Togo is Saying Goodbye to Elephantiasis

No longer ashamed Mr. Tchazimon Essohanani, 58, is a father of six…
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Participants at the opening of the workshop

WHO supports steps to develop the country’s National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance

Victoria, Seychelles, 16th May 2017 - The World Health Organisation (…
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The WHO in Malawi supports College of Medicine and Welcome Trust with equipment for the multicounty survey on abortion related morbidity

Lilongwe 15 May: The World Health Organization country office in…
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WHO Liberia staff review packaging information for specimens from victims who died after attending a wake and funeral on 21/22 April. These additional specimens were shipped on 12 May for investigations in Europe and Africa.

Update on unexplained cluster of deaths – Liberia

10 May 2017
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WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti arrives in Kinshasa to discuss response to Ebola outbreak

KINSHASA, 13 May 2017 - The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr.…
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