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Rapid response ends cholera outbreak

Rapid response ends cholera outbreak

Pretoria ‒ Hammanskraal resident Tebogo Hlongwane was terrified when…
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Progress towards cervical cancer elimination

Progress towards cervical cancer elimination

Conakry – In Guinea, around 30 health centres offer free cervical…
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Anti-tobacco initiative yields results

Anti-tobacco initiative yields results

Kampala ‒ Namudu Kareen*, 30, an anti-tobacco advocate in Uganda, was…
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Mobile clinics fill health care gap

Mobile clinics fill health care gap

Antananarivo – Attending a health centre was an “unattainable luxury…
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Aux Comores, tous les enfants nés de mère séropositive sont séronégatifs

Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Moroni – Nadja* was planning her wedding two years ago when she…
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Strengthening ICU bed capacity

Strengthening ICU bed capacity

Maseru ‒ With its mountainous terrain and use of donkeys and horses…
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Participants posing for a photo at the Cholera Preparedness Training

WHO South Africa Strengthening Cholera Preparedness and Training in Mpumalanga and Eastern Cape

Demonstrating an extraordinary commitment to the protection of public…
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Aux Comores, tous les enfants nés de mère séropositive sont séronégatifs

Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Moroni – Nadja* was planning her wedding two years ago when she…
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Self-injectable contraception successes

Self-injectable contraception successes

Ouagadougou – "My husband was against contraceptive," recalls Aïssa…
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Progress towards cervical cancer elimination

Progress towards cervical cancer elimination

Conakry – In Guinea, around 30 health centres offer free cervical…
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