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Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold 

Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold 

Brazzaville, 3 February 2022 – Although COVID-19 vaccine supplies to…
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Why do neglected tropical diseases suffer low priority?

Why do neglected tropical diseases suffer low priority?

Harare – Neglected tropical diseases affect millions of people across…
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HMH addressing media personnel during the 2022 World Leprosy Day Press briefing

Government partners decry stigmatization of people living with leprosy

Abuja, 1 February, 2022 - In commemoration of the 2022 World Leprosy…
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Improving treatment of neglected diseases

Improving treatment of neglected diseases

Atlanta/Brazzaville – Preventive treatment of neglected tropical…
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ETHIOPIA COMMEMORATES WORLD NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES DAY CALLING FOR EQUITY, POLITICAL WILL AND PARTNER COMM

ETHIOPIA COMMEMORATES WORLD NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES DAY CALLING FOR EQUITY, POLITICAL WILL AND PARTNER

On 31 January 2022, ETHIOPIA commemorated World Neglected Tropical…
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Aitta Kébé and Maimouna Tamba are fighting Gender Based Violence in Senegal

Fighting gender-based violence at the grassroots in Senegal

Dakar – Though separated by 100 km, Aitta Kébé and Maimouna Tamba are…
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Promising progress on neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Promising progress on neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Brazzaville – Over the past decade, significant progress has been…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and Hage Mukwendje, Namibia Artist

WHO receives an exquisite painting from a local Namibian Visual Artist

A Namibian visual artist, Hage Mukwendje, handed over a special…
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Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative and Hage Mukwendje, Namibia Artist

WHO receives an exquisite painting from a local Namibian Visual Artist

A Namibian visual artist, Hage Mukwendje, handed over a special…
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Ms Teopista's son receives his Oral Polio Vaccine drops from the Minister of State in Charge of General Duties Hon. Hanifah Kawooya at the vaccination campaign launch

Children Under the Age of Five in Uganda set to benefit from the Nationwide House-to-House Polio Immunization Campaign

Ms Teopista is a mother of two little boys and a girl, all eligible…
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