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RD speaking on OFLA 19th Assembly meeting

Dr Moeti Attends the 19th Ordinary Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS

Addis Ababa, 04 July 2017 - Yesterday, the Organization of African…

Ebola outbreak ends

WHO declares an end to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 2 July 2017 – Today, the World Health…

Roadmap for Implementing the Addis Declaration on Immunization Launches at the Africa Health Forum

Kigali, Rwanda, 27 June 2017 – Today, a roadmap to guide Member…

Country Representative Dr Chimbaru and Dr Boakeng were among the first voluntary blood donors at the Freetown site

Salone celebrates Blood Donor Day

On Wednesday June 21st 2017 the Ministry of Health and…

Families collecting their bed nets at a distribution point in Ngiehun Village in Kenema District, Eastern Sierra Leone

Photo story: Looking back on Sierra Leone’s biggest ever bed net campaign

In June 2017, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation with partners…

WHO Representative to Namibia, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses (left), speaking at the event; alongside Dr Britta Lohrke from Ministry of Health and Social Services (middle)

WHO, NAMBTS and MOHSS celebrate World Blood Donor Day

Windhoek, 14 June 2017 – The World Health Organization Namibia…

Door-to-door health monitoring visits are conducted in Koropara, Guinea WHO Guinea/Lancei Touré

Liberia and Guinea step up coordination to stem new cases of Ebola

WHO and Ministry of Health teams in Guinea and Liberia have…

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In equatorial Congo, WHO and its partners respond to an Ebola outbreak

In the tiny village of Gukpale, deep in the equatorial forests of Bas…

WHO declares the end of the most recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Liberia

Liberia, 9 June 2016 – Today the World Health Organization (WHO)…

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Ebola – a test too far for one little girl

In Guinea, the Ebola outbreak continues and resources are needed to…