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Training of legislators on optimizing use of various legal tools to securing tobacco control and prevention of other NCD risk factors in Mauritius, March 2023

Training of legislators and advisors by WHO in Mauritius on use of various legal tools to strengthen tobacco control and reduce NCD risk factors

Legal advisors and judicial officers from Botswana, Eswatini,…
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Southern African countries call for urgent action against cholera, climate-related health emergencies

Southern African countries call for urgent action against cholera, climate-related health emergencies

Lilongwe – Ministers of Health and Water and Sanitation and…
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children getting vaccinated

Reaching communities at risk of measles with vaccination

By Vivian Mugarisi Masvingo, Zimbabwe – Mwenezi Ward 10 Councillor…
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Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Brazzaville – As weekly cholera cases in the affected African…
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His Excellency Honorable Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Dr C.D.G.N Chiwenga in Grey

Zimbabwe launches Health Resilience Fund and Strategic Frameworks to bolster Universal Health Coverage

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe – Universal Health Coverage (…
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In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

Bujumbura – Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she…
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022, rapid…
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022, rapid…
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Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive

Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive

Maputo – Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign…
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Ministry of Health and Child Care, Chief Director Public Health. Munyaradzi Dobbie (left) and some of the scientists who received on-the-job training in MALDI-TOF MS technology

Brand-new, cutting-edge technology deployed by Zimbabwe to enhance diagnostic tests aiming at combating the growing burden of antibiotic resistance

By Dr Tapfumaneyi Mashe Harare, Zimbabwe - Over reliance on…
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