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Mr Ben Nangombe, Executive Director of the Ministry of Health and Social Services with Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia OIC colleagues from AFRO, Geneva and participants from 12 member states f

AFRO builds capacity of 12 member states to improve antimicrobial resistance surveillance

The Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), WHO Geneva in collaboration…
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Stakeholders commit to scaling up the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Stakeholders commit to scaling up the use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis

Accra, Ghana - Stakeholders from 25 member states in the African…
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Training on the use of a genomics costing tool in Namibia

Towards sustainable genomics: training on the use of a genomics costing tool in Namibia

Ever wondered how much will it cost a laboratory to implement routine…
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Training on the use of a genomics costing tool in Namibia

Towards sustainable genomics: training on the use of a genomics costing tool in Namibia

Ever wondered how much will it cost a laboratory to implement routine…
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Putting communities at the center of the mental health agenda in Ghana

Putting communities at the center of the mental health agenda in Ghana

Dambai, Ghana - When Kwabena Asare*, 32 from Bodada in Ghana’s Oti…
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Attendees at the WHO75 celebration

World Health Organization in The Gambia Marks 75 Years of Global Health Impact

Banjul, The Gambia - On Monday, the World Health Organization (…
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Africa regional conference on financing universal health coverage & health security held

Africa regional conference on financing universal health coverage & health security held

Accra, Ghana - The Africa Regional Conference on Financing Universal…
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Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen, October 9-14, 2023

Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen

Eritrea is one of the first countries in the WHO/AFRO region that…
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Participants of the four-day capacity-building workshop on integrated polio surveillance

African Region Gains Momentum in Polio Surveillance Capacity Building

Banjul, The Gambia – In a landmark event held in The Gambia, a four-…
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Dr Susan Tembo WHO Representative Eswatini (left) at the event looking on while Fikile Hlatjwayo narrates her cancer journey.

"Closing the care gap - the role of families" in Breast Cancer battle.

The Ministry of Health, Cancer Unit has recorded 577 cases of cancer…
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