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WHO National Epidemiologist sensitizing the Community Health Volunteers on the IDSR priority diseases and conditions, Gbarpolu County

WHO Supports Training of 450 Community Health Volunteers to Enhance Community Case Detection

Monrovia, 10th September 2018: The WHO- Liberia  Country Office…
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A flood affected victim thankfully receives supplies provided through the one UN support in Dolo's Town, Margibi County

Over 29,000 Flood Affected Victims Benefit from One United Nations (UN) Support

Monrovia, 5th September 2018 – Over 29,000 flood affected…
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WHO convenes a meeting for pilot testing of the 3rd edition of the Technical Guidelines for Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR)

Zambia is one of the three countries that have been selected for…
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Seychelles conducts first ever Joint External Evaluation on implementation of IHR (2005) capacities

Victoria, Seychelles, 12th March 2018 - The Seychelles…
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Vehicles were donated to the districts to support rapid response to health emergencies

WHO, AfDB donate 75 vehicles for disease surveillance and emergency response

FREETOWN, November 16 2017 --- At a handover ceremony today, the…
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Participants from 47 countries and development partners

WHO scales up implementation of integrated disease surveillance tools in Africa

The World Health Organization Health Emergencies program (WHE) will…
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WHO targets students in health training institutions to strengthen national health securities

Brazzaville, 16 November 2015 - In an ambitious move to strengthen…
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“Networking of public health research institutions in the African Region”

The 63rd Session of the Regional Committee took place from 2 to 6…
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Stakeholders Meeting for Emerging Pandemic Threats FAO, OIE and WHO IDENTIFY PROJECT, Entebbe, Uganda, 2-4 November 2010

Executive summary Emerging diseases continue to cause challenges for…
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3rd Meeting on African Surveillance Informatics Governance Board (ASIGB)

Implementation of eSurveillance in the context of Integrated Disease…
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