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Dr Neena Kimambo, presenting the keys to the Toyota Hilux to the Dr Patrick Aboagye

WHO donates a Toyota Hilux Pickup to West Akim Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service

WHO has donated a Toyota Hilux Pickup to the West Akim Health…
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Belgium and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invest to win the fight against NTDs

Brazzaville, December 10, 2018 – Leading philanthropists as well as…
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Fusi, an Opthalmic nurse screens communities in Yendi Photo: Ruth McDowall/Sightsavers 2016

Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness

13 June 2018 ¦ Brazzaville ¦ Accra ¦ Geneva - The World Health…
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Dr Moeti with the DG of OFID

ESPEN receives 1 million USD grant from OFID

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti signed an…
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Experts from different sectors of government and development partners that attended the meeting

Ministry of Health and partners gear up to control and eliminate Schistosomiasis in Uganda

Kampala, 31st August 2017:- The Ministry of Health with support from…
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ESPEN’s Luncheon Report

NTD Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, April 18-22, 2017: Celebrating the community's achievements over the past 5 years and planning for the future.

2017 marks the 5th anniversary of the World Health Organization's…
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Africa on the verge of winning the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Brazzaville, Congo. 24 August 2017 - For more than 40 years, the…
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Action towards Elimination: Regional Partnership Striving to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Brazzaville, 8 February 2017 - Fourteen countries set to…
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Dr Moeti duing visit to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso

WHO celebrates more than 40 years of success in the control of onchocerciasis or "river blindness"

Ouagadougou, 15 July 2016 – WHO celebrates, from 14 to 15 July…
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ESPEN – New initiative to tackle neglected tropical diseases in Africa

ESPEN – New initiative to tackle neglected tropical diseases in Africa

The project brings hope to millions of people at risk from these…
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