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Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health

29 SEPTEMBER 2016 | GENEVA - New analysis by WHO shows that…
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Communities at the heart of the fight against yellow fever in Angola

Huambo is Angola’s second biggest city and the province with the…
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Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC)

The mission of the Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination…
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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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Hepatitis: “It’s closer than you think”

26 July 2012 -- Viral hepatitis kills about one million…
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Stronger national response is needed to continue the fight against HIV/AIDs, says Dr Sambo

Cape Town/Brazzaville, 11 December 2013 -- The World Health…
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“Networking of public health research institutions in the African Region”

The 63rd Session of the Regional Committee took place from 2 to 6…
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Meningitis vaccination campaign to reach 300 million by 2016

Chad has launched a mass campaign to vaccinate nearly 2 million…
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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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