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Dignitaries at the polio NCC meeting

Botswana intensifies polio fight: new strategies against cVDPV2 threats

Botswana has reinforced its efforts to eradicate polio as part of the…
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GPACCM Delivers Childhood Cancer Medicines in Zambia

Childhood Cancer Medicines Delivered to Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka

In a landmark event, the Cancer Diseases Hospital in Lusaka has…
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Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic of Malawi Madam Monica Chakwera visits the exhibition booths at the commemoration

World TB Day and World Leprosy Day Press Release

WHO Representative Dr. Neema Rusibamayila Kimambo speaks at World TB…
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United Against Tuberculosis: Ghana’s Private and Public Health Sectors Join Forces

For weeks, Mansah, a resident of a suburb of Kumasi, Ghana’s second-…
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Strengthening health systems in Sierra Leone: A health spotlight campaign visit to Moyamba District

March 2025 – Moyamba District - The Person-Centered Life Stages…
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World TB Commemoration

World TB Day Commemoration: Zambia calls for collective action to end TB

On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, Zambia joined the global community in…
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WHO calls for renewed commitment to end tuberculosis

On World Tuberculosis Day, March 24, the World Health Organization (…
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Advancing tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics to reach more people in the African region

Advancing tuberculosis diagnostics to reach more people in the African region

Brazzaville – Significant progress has been made in TB diagnostics in…
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Le Togo enregistre des progrès dans la lutte contre la tuberculose

Togo makes progress in the fight against tuberculosis

Lomé – In January 2024, Yao*, a 67-year-old farmer living in…
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African region records further decline in TB deaths, cases

African region records further decline in TB deaths, cases

Brazzaville – The African region has recorded the steepest…
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