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The Guest of Honor in a group photo with the Hon. Ministers and Heads of UN Agencies

Tanzania commits to embrace the One Health approach

Dar es Salaam, 13 February 2018

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Dr Teniin Gakuruh, acting WHO Liaison Officer and Honorable Jean Paul Adam, Minister of Health signs the framework

Seychelles-WHO biennial workplan 2018-2019 to further support the country achieve national health goals

Seychelles WHO workplan 2018-2019
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Sierra Leone is one of 15 countries participating in the FCTC 2030 project

Sierra Leone to accelerate action on tobacco control with support from the United Nations

FREETOWN, 13 February 2018 --- Senior global officials from the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) Secretariat, WHO an

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01 The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom (Right) and WHO delegation led by the WR

Governor pledges to alleviate burden of diseases as WHO concludes annual retreat in Akwa Ibom State.

Uyo, 11 February 2018 - The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, His Excellency Idom Emmanuel has pledged to continue placing healt

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Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative in Mauritius, pointing out the need for Mauritius to reduce the mortality rate due to NCDs which is estimated to be 23% .

Plusieurs activités lancées au centre de jeunesse de Rivière du Rempart

Dans le cadre de la

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South Sudan declares the end of its longest cholera outbreak

South Sudan declares the end of its longest cholera outbreak

Juba, South Sudan, 7 February 2018 – South Sudan declared the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak on Wednesday 7 February 2018, with no new cases of

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The signatories holding the joint communiqué during the ceremony

Tanzania signs a joint health data collaborative communiqué

Dar es Salaam, 7 February 2018:The Government of Tanzania is committed to improving the quality of health data for evidence-based dec

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WHO Special Intervention team assessing children on transit for vaccination at Pompamari along Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Photo WHOCE.Onuekwe

WHO Special Intervention Teams Vaccinate Nearly 400 000 children at transit points

For the first time ever, the trio of Aishatu, 5, her siblings Musa, 3 and Umar, 1 received vaccinations against measles, polio and yellow fever at a t

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