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Mr Alex demonstrating water quality testing and treatment for National Public Health officers in Juba

WHO prioritizes water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services in health care facilities to achieve health goals in South Sudan

Juba, 24 January 2018 –The lack of safe water, functional toilets,…
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WHO official in a planning meeting with a district risk communication team

Government of Uganda confirms outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic and Rift Valley fevers

The Ministry of Health in Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Crimean…
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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass vaccination campaign to…
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Dr Tegegn (left) and Hon Sam Kutesa discuss during the ceremony

New WHO Representative officially assumes duty in Uganda

The new World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative to…
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Health Professionals and officers from other key stakeholders participating in the traning workshop on AMR

Antimicrobial Consumption Monitoring in Mauritius

Health professionals from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life…
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Dignitaries proudly showing the STG/NEMLIT. From Left to right: Mr Daudi Msasi, the Chief Pharmacist, Dr. Gavin Surgey from PRICELESS South Africa, Dr. Mohammed Bakari Kambi, the Chief Medical Officer, Honourable Ummy Ally Mwalimu, Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, WHO Representative a.i, and Dr Mohammed Ali Mohammed, Director, Health Quality Assurance.

Strengthening rational use of Medicines in Tanzania

Rational use of medicines requires that “patients…
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OIC Zimbabwe, Dr Juliet Nabyonga handing over the kits to Dr Portia Manangazira, Director Epidemiolgy and Disease Control in Ministry of Health and Child Care

WHO hands over cholera and Reproductive health kits to Ministry of Health and Child Care

In a move aimed at complementing and supplementing the Ministry of…
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The District Director of Health for Lusaka, Dr. Namani Monze (front right) explaining the operations at the Cholera treatment hospital to the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms Janet Rogan (front left), the WHO Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita (second left) the deputy Head of Office of DFID in Zambia, Mr. Andrew Ockenden (far left),

The United Nations in Zambia, CDC and DFID commend government’s initiative of setting up an efficient cholera treatment hospital and for scaling up preventive interventions in the community

The United Nations in Zambia, the Centres for Disease Prevention and…
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