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World Health Day Commemoration 2024

Uganda engages communities in physical and mental health activities as part of the World Health Day Commemoration

The Ugandan Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and its partners carried out awareness-raising and community engagement activities to commemorate World Heal

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Dr Mary Brantuo, WHO Namibia Officer-in-Charge. Hon Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services and H.E. Hisao Nishimaki, the Ambassador of the Government of Japan to Namibia

Japan’s contribution to enhance Namibia’s food security and nutrition with new funding

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) recently, in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Namibia and the Go
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Honorable, Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services

Namibia commemorates World Health Day

This year the World Health Day was commemorated in Rundu, Kavango East Region under the theme “My health, my right” championing the right of everyone, everywhere to have and enjoy
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Participants at the Liberia's Joint Risk Assessment of Three Prioritized Zoonotic Diseases.

Addressing Health Emergencies Using the One Health Approach: Insights from Liberia's Joint Risk Assessment of Three Prioritized Zoonotic Diseases.

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WHO Officer-in-Charge, Dr Mary Brantuo

Ending Tuberculosis (TB) a priority for Namibia

Namibia commemorated the World TB Day on 11 April in Luderitz under the theme, Yes! We can End TB. 
 

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GAVI and WHO joint field visit with MOH at Cana Primary where there was an ongoing HPV vaccination drive

ESWATINI RECEIVES USD 1.6M GRANT FROM GAVI TO SUPPORT HPV VACCINE INTRODUCTION

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World Health Day: More than two thousand people walk for health

On April 6, 2024, more than two thousand people gathered in Luanda to take part in a walk the talk for hea

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Malawi curbs cholera through enhanced outbreak control

Malawi curbs cholera through enhanced outbreak control

Lilongwe ‒ Although Malawi continues to record only sporadic cholera cases, with just an average of 10 cases a week as of January 2024 compared with close to 70

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