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Nurses attending to a patient during a dialysis session at the EJS National Dialysis center

President Weah commissions Liberia’s first National Dialysis Center and names it in honour of his predecessor

Monrovia, March 2, 2022: Patients with acute and chronic renal…
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Rallying to combat COVID-19 rumours in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Rallying to combat COVID-19 rumours in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa – It can be hard to tease apart fact from falsehood amid the…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative with Dr Leonard Kabongo, Chief Medical Officer with a team from MoHSS, WHO and Namibia Red Cross Society on a mission in Swakopmund in Erongo Region during the implementation of the HEV E interventions in 2020

End of the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia

On 2 March 2022 Namibians applauded their  government for…
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Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected

Malawi intensifies response after wild poliovirus detected

Lilongwe – Polio emergency response teams in Malawi are ramping up…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative with Dr Leonard Kabongo, Chief Medical Officer with a team from MoHSS, WHO and Namibia Red Cross Society on a mission in Swakopmund in Erongo Region during the implementation of the HEV E interventions in 2020

End of the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia

On 2 March 2022 Namibians applauded their  government for…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative with Dr Leonard Kabongo, Chief Medical Officer with a team from MoHSS, WHO and Namibia Red Cross Society on a mission in Swakopmund in Erongo Region during the implementation of the HEV E interventions in 2020

End of the Hepatitis E Virus Outbreak in Namibia

On 2 March 2022 Namibians applauded their  government for…
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MoHCC and WHO

Zimbabwe revives sleeping sickness case detection and management

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Kariba, Zimbabwe: Human African…
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COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on women’s health

COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on women’s health

Brazzaville, 3 March 2022 – Disruptions to essential health services…
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COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on women’s health

COVID-19 takes a heavy toll on women’s health

Brazzaville, 3 March 2022 – Disruptions to essential health services…
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Obesity rising in Africa, WHO analysis finds

Obesity rising in Africa, WHO analysis finds

Brazzaville – One in five adults and one in 10 children and teenagers…
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