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WHO partners with UNIC to host the 2023 Model UN in honor of it 75th Anniversary.

High school learners gear up to discuss pressing public health matters

Eighty learners from high schools in Windhoek and Osire are preparing…
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WHO partners with UNIC to host the 2023 Model UN in honor of it 75th Anniversary.

High school learners gear up to discuss pressing public health matters

Eighty learners from high schools in Windhoek and Osire are preparing…
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Health workers put up a poster on preventing cholera during an outbreak in Kinshasa in 2016.

A new resolve to eliminate cholera in DRC

The complex health crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (…
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Joyce Nguna from WHO Regional Office for Africa clarifies the importance of EIOS filter options in monitoring public health threats

Public Health Specialists in Botswana Enhance Epidemic Intelligence by using a WHO platform

The WHO-led Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) training…
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The Yellow Fever Sub-National Risk Analysis Finding Conveys the relative risks of regions in Ethiopia: WHO organizes the dissemination workshop

The Yellow Fever Sub-National Risk Analysis Finding Conveys the relative risks of regions in Ethiopia: WHO organizes the dissemination workshop

The Yellow Fever sub-national risk analysis findings dissemination…
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Mr Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services with Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia OIC colleagues from AFRO, Geneva and participants from 12 member states f

AFRO builds capacity of 12 member states to improve antimicrobial resistance surveillance

The Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), WHO Geneva in collaboration…
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WHO officials and experts engaging in hands-on training for environmental surveillance, laying the foundation for the establishment of new ES sites in South Africa, as supported by the World Health Organization.

WHO South Africa provides technical Support to Enhance Environmental Surveillance Expansion in the North West Province

The National Department of Health (NDOH) in South Africa, with…
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Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day 2023

Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day 2023

Today, we commemorate the 2023 World Polio Day (WPD) by joining the…
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Mr Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services with Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia OIC colleagues from AFRO, Geneva and participants from 12 member states f

AFRO builds capacity of 12 member states to improve antimicrobial resistance surveillance

The Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), WHO Geneva in collaboration…
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WHO officials and experts engaging in hands-on training for environmental surveillance, laying the foundation for the establishment of new ES sites in South Africa, as supported by the World Health Organization.

WHO South Africa provides technical Support to Enhance Environmental Surveillance Expansion in the North West Province

The National Department of Health (NDOH) in South Africa, with…
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