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Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, Bean Farmer

Reginald Omulo, a farmer in Migori County, Kenya, noticed that the tobacco farming his community practiced was affecting families’ health and well-being.
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Tangomo Tansia, Health Worker

Tangomo Tansia, Health Worker

Tangomo Tansia is a hero. The volunteer health worker delivers precious polio vaccines via canoe to communities in locations far from his home in Kikwit, in southwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

Raquelina Mazuze, Social Mobilizer

60-year-old Raquelina Mazuze is proud of her contribution to the fight against polio as a social mobilizer in her native Mozambique.
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Lamine Thiare, Football Coach, Senegal

Lamine Thiare, Football Coach, Senegal

A well-known goalkeeper and football coach both in his native Senegal and across West Africa, Lamine Thiare uses his considerable influence to transmit a simple message to young people: “Do not smoke!” he warns them emphatically.
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Malawi launches third round of mass vaccination drive to stop wild poliovirus

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A new mother being taught how to position her baby

Education and family support vital to stepping up exclusive breastfeeding 

Abuja, 11 August, 2022 - In February 2022, Mariam Udeh, 26 years old, residing in Garki, Abuja, gave birth to her first child and was in uncharted territory.

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Edo State intensifies coordinated response to contain spread of monkeypox disease

Benin, 9 August, 2022 - After four days of complaining of fever, headache, fatigue and cough, 40 years old Mr V Ehosa (not real name), a land seller residing in

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In Mozambique, household screening keeps families malaria-free

In Mozambique, household screening keeps families malaria-free

Stefina Mocuvele looks on as her grandson Nolege plays happily with his siblings. It’s a far cry from his condition three years ago, when a bout of malaria landed the then six-year-old in hospital, 10 kilometers away from their home in Matuba locality in the Chókwè district of Gaza province, Mozambique.
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