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Know your hepatitis status – increasing access to testing for a hidden infection.

A staggering 95% of people infected with hepatitis B or C around the…
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Combating HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria: Going from Progress to Impact

Brazzaville, 20 March 2014 -- Evidence from Africa’s health…
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WHO identifies key health priorities in the Central African Republic

On 17 December, WHO team visited the displacement camp near Mpoko…
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Second African Vaccination Week, 23-28 April 2012

The African Region commemorates from 23 to 28 April 2012 the second…
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Africa Faces New Malaria Threat

Brazzaville -- Resistance to available anti-malarial drugs has become…
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Africa’s health depends on improved nutrition

A profound shift from communicable to noncommunicable diseases (NCDs…
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Regional Consultation on roles and responsibilities of WHO and civil society organizations in prevention and control of NCDs

Regional Consultation on the roles and responsibilities of WHO and…
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African Govts Urged to prioritize Tuberculosis

Brazzaville, 24 March 2006 -- African countries have been urged to…
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Wild polio and vaccine derived polio in Nigeria

After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in…
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Hepatitis: “It’s closer than you think”

26 July 2012 -- Viral hepatitis kills about one million people…
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