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New recommendations show how to treat all people living with HIV and decrease new infections

Harare, 27 November 2015 –The world  is poised to end the…
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Building latrines and keeping water clean decreases diarrhoea and under-nutrition in Mali

Two years ago, Hamidou Samakan, chief of the village of Yarou Plateau…
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WHO targets students in health training institutions to strengthen national health securities

Brazzaville, 16 November 2015 - In an ambitious move to strengthen…
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Annual National Tuberculosis Stakeholders Meeting held in Mukono District

Mukono, 6 November 2015:  The Annual National Tuberculosis…
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Training on Health Financing, Bilene, 26-30 October 2015

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Mozambique is conducting in…
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WHO scales up efforts to detect and control the spread of influenza viruses in Africa

Brazzaville, 19 October 2015 – Highly infectious and…
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Participants attend the workshop on understanding TB and using TB data

Workshop on Understanding Tuberculosis and Using Data: 28 Sept-2 Oct 2015

Johannesburg, 28 September 2015 - South Africa’s health information…
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Treat all people living with HIV, offer antiretrovirals as additional prevention choice for people at "substantial" risk

30 September 2015, Geneva - Anyone infected with HIV should…
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WHO/UNICEF report: Malaria MDG target achieved amid sharp drop in cases and mortality, but 3 billion people remain at risk

17 September 2015 - Malaria death rates have plunged by 60% since…
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Ebola transmission in Liberia over. Nation enters 90-day intensive surveillance period

Today, 3 September 2015, WHO declares Liberia free of Ebola virus…
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