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Joint statement by WHO-UNICEF-ROTARY on World Polio Day

Afar Region, Ethiopia, 05 November 2022 – Today we commemorate the…
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Door-to-door polio vaccine campaign in Uganda

Uganda targets over 8.7 million children with the new oral polio vaccine as part of its process to build health systems resilience

The Ugandan Ministry of Health is set to administer the new oral…
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Technical Officers of WHO and the Ghana Health Service moving to the Communicable Diseases Unit at the Apinto Government hospital

Beating Marburg virus outbreak: Ghana’s journey to victory

Accra - “We have been managing cases of outbreaks such as COVID-19,…
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People wait in the midday sun for the water troughs to fill with water at Hula Hula Springs in Marsabit County, Kenya. With the ongoing drought in Marsabit, the spring is the only available water source for the whole community.

The greater Horn of Africa’s climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge

Brazzaville ‒ New analysis by World Health Organization (WHO) has…
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South Africa bolsters its COVID-19 response

South Africa bolsters its COVID-19 response

Pretoria – South Africa has grappled with the continent’s largest…
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Participants and facilitators during the NTD training in Swakopmund, Namibia

Namibia received first training on prevention, management, and surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Ministry of Health and Social Services trained f 60 health…
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Participants and facilitators during the NTD training in Swakopmund, Namibia

Namibia received first training on prevention, management, and surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Ministry of Health and Social Services trained f 60 health…
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WHO Surveillance Officer Abdisalan Muktar Ali investigating and verifying of the Mohammed, the child that was suspected acute flaccid paralysis (AFP).

No suspected polio case is too hard-to-reach for investigation and follow up in Ethiopia

A glimpse into the work of a WHO surveillance officer in Somali…
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Participants and facilitators during the NTD training in Swakopmund, Namibia

Namibia received first training on prevention, management, and surveillance of Neglected Tropical Diseases

The Ministry of Health and Social Services trained f 60 health…
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Botswana ICOPE

Botswana to be a better place to grow old

Estimated at 43 million in 2010, the population of elderly people in…
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