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Eric’s Fight Against Cigarettes in Benin

Benin: Eric Loko’s journey to quit tobacco use

Cotonou – Eric Loko, 37, is a former smoker who managed to quit after…
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Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)

Trusting science to improve healthcare: An Interview with Professor Sika Dossim (Togo)

Lomé – Protecting health, preventing disease, and improving patient…
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Welcome to Nairobi—let’s build together at World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026

Welcome to Nairobi—let’s build together at World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2026

Nairobi—World Health Organization (WHO) is poised to be a significant…
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Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Hon Hambeleleni Ndjaleka

Namibia Commemorates World Health Day 2026: Standing with Science for Better Health

Namibia joined the global community in commemorating World Health Day…
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WHO and UKB

WHO and Katyavala Bwila University hold scientific conference in Benguela

Benguela – The Faculty of Medicine of Katyavala Bwila University (…
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2024 STEPS Survey in Botswana

What the STEPS survey reveals about health in Botswana

Gaborone—Botswana’s health profile is changing—and not always in ways…
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Launch of the RCCE Strategy

Namibia Launches Year-Long Campaign to Commemorate World Health Day

On April 7, 2025, in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi region, Namibia launched…
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Au Sénégal les Badiénou Gox relient les populations aux structures sanitaires

Community approach contributing to maternal health in Senegal

Dakar – Ndèye, 29, mother of three children and living in Guédiawaye…
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Officials of WHO, NDOH and partners during a field visit to the Winnie Mandela Healthcare Center in Tembisa, Johannesburg.

Leaving no one behind: WHO and South Africa advance health and migration agenda

In a landmark collaboration to promote health equity for mobile and…
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From left: Faridun Nazriev (External Relations Officer), Stéphanie Seydoux (Director-General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs), Shenaaz EL-Halabi, (WHO South Africa Country Representative) and Jose Sambo (Protocol Officer) at the meeting in Johannesburg.

WHO participates in the first G20 foreign ministers’ meeting

Johannesburg - WHO participated in the First G20 Foreign Ministers’…
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