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Vaccination

More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against Measles, Rubella and Polio in Mass Campaign

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18…
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Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

“These hands are our most important tools of work but can also be a…
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More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against measles, rubella and polio in mass campaign

More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against measles, rubella and polio in mass campaign

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18…
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Ms. Norwu Howard, Dep. Health Minister, Dr. Mesfin G. Zbelo, WHO Country Rep. a.i., Dr. William Maina, WHO AFRO Project Officer for Tobacco and other high-profile delegates at the Tobacco Taxation Policy and Health Financing Workshop in Monrovia

Liberia Hosts Multi Countries Workshop on Tobacco Taxation Policy and Sustainable Health Financing

Monrovia, 9th October 2019:  The World Health Organization…
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Vaccination

More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against Measles, Rubella and Polio in Mass Campaign

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18…
Read more »
Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

Defeating Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo motivates a community to confront other diseases with handwashing

“These hands are our most important tools of work but can also be a…
Read more »
More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against measles, rubella and polio in mass campaign

More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against measles, rubella and polio in mass campaign

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18…
Read more »
WHO in Africa offers small research grants on the innovative use of GIS towards polio eradication

WHO in Africa offers small research grants on the innovative use of GIS towards polio eradication

Brazzaville, 10 October 2019 – The Polio Eradication Programme in the…
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Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hypolite Mandala and his wife, Nadège, were among the first parents…
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Dr Mwesha

From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert

As Didier Mwesha passed his one-year anniversary on the front lines…
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