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Onchocerciasis, or 'river blindness', is a vector-borne disease spread through the repeated bites of infected blackflies

Advancing neglected tropical disease elimination in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, January 15 2018 --- With support from WHO, Helen Keller…
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

The 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union kicked off in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, 28 January 2018 - Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional…
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

The 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union kicked off in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa, 28 January 2018 - Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional…
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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

24 January 2018, Abuja - The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass…
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WHO official in a planning meeting with a district risk communication team

Government of Uganda confirms outbreak of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic and Rift Valley fevers

The Ministry of Health in Uganda confirmed an outbreak of the Crimean…
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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

24 January 2018, Abuja - The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass…
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Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever campaign ever

24 January 2018, Abuja - The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass…
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Health Professionals and officers from other key stakeholders participating in the traning workshop on AMR

Antimicrobial Consumption Monitoring in Mauritius

Health professionals from the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life…
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OIC Zimbabwe, Dr Juliet Nabyonga handing over the kits to Dr Portia Manangazira, Director Epidemiolgy and Disease Control in Ministry of Health and Child Care

WHO hands over cholera and Reproductive health kits to Ministry of Health and Child Care

In a move aimed at complementing and supplementing the Ministry of…
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The District Director of Health for Lusaka, Dr. Namani Monze (front right) explaining the operations at the Cholera treatment hospital to the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Ms Janet Rogan (front left), the WHO Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita (second left) the deputy Head of Office of DFID in Zambia, Mr. Andrew Ockenden (far left),

The United Nations in Zambia, CDC and DFID commend government’s initiative of setting up an efficient cholera treatment hospital and for scaling up preventive interventions in the community

The United Nations in Zambia, the Centres for Disease Prevention and…
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