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Hope Secured: Safely Moving Ebola Samples in Sierra Leone

Hope secured: safely moving Ebola samples in Sierra Leone

Freetown – Sierra Leone, with the support of the World Health…
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Meet Ernesto Cabral, a former laboratory technician from Cabo Verde

Ernesto Cabral, former laboratory technician, Cabo Verde

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Audit team from the World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Networks and Services Team visit to Namibia on 16-19 Septermber

Quality Surveillance Laboratory in Namibia Pursues WHO Prequalification for Accreditation

During the week of 16 to 19 September 2024, an audit team from the…
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Addisalem Hospital cholera treatment center visit

Through the storm: Dr. Addisalem's story

In Bahirdar, a town on the edge of the stunning Lake Tana, Dr…
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Audit team from the World Health Organization (WHO) Laboratory Networks and Services Team visit to Namibia on 16-19 Septermber

Quality Surveillance Laboratory in Namibia Pursues WHO Prequalification for Accreditation

During the week of 16 to 19 September 2024, an audit team from the…
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Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed

Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed

Brazzaville/Kigali – Rwandan health authorities are intensifying…
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Breaking Rabies Boundaries

Joint statement: World Rabies Day

As we commemorate the eighteenth World Rabies Day on 28 September…
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Mrs Aina Erastus, WHO, engaging health workers during World Patient Safety Day

Enhancing Quality of Care Through Patient Safety Awareness

Namibia observed the World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) on 17 September…
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Participants of the World Patient Safety Day commemorations in Uganda

Health Authorities in Uganda Urge Healthcare Providers to Address Diagnostic Errors on World Patient Safety Day

Ugandan health authorities have issued a strong call to action for…
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Experts commit to step up immunization programme in Central Africa

Experts commit to step up immunization programme in Central Africa

Kinshasa – At their 2024 meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of…
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