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Children being assisted by a teacher to take Albendazole for STHs deworming

Botswana conducts a joint deworming and school health programme

Gaborone, Botswana - 1 March 2019: The Ministry of Health and Wellness, through support from WHO, carried a joint activity from 25th February to 1st March 2019,

Briefing for new Ministers of Health ends in Congo

Briefing for new Ministers of Health ends in Congo

Brazzaville, Congo, 07 March 2019 – A two-day briefing for new Ministers of Health in the WHO African Region, has ended today in Brazzaville, Congo.

Bilateral ties between WHO African Regional Secretariat and Republic of Congo gets a significant boost

Bilateral ties between WHO African Regional Secretariat and Republic of Congo gets a significant boost

The bilateral ties between World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat in the African Region and Republic of Congo have been given a significant boost. This follows a 2-day meeting in Brazzaville, Congo between senior officials from both WHO Regional office for Africa and the Congolese Government.

From 6 to 700 in seven years, midwives in South Sudan working to change maternal mortality rate

From 6 to 700 in seven years, midwives in South Sudan working to change maternal mortality rate

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WCO Botswana supporting Gender Equity and Rights on International Women's Day

“Think equal, build smart, innovate for change” says Botswana in commemorating International Women’s Day as a transformative action for Universal Health Coverage

Gaborone, Botswana - 8 March 2019: The Botswana WCO joined the rest of the world to commemorate the International Women’s Day on the 8th March 2019 as part of i

Health-oriented innovations to meet Africa’s unmet health needs

WHO Innovation Challenge to announce 30 finalists at the Africa Health Forum in Cabo Verde

WHO announces 30 finalists in its first-ever Innovation Challenge from a field of more than 2 400 entries. More than a third of the submissions came from women.

Photo: Andreea Câmpeanu

Dynamic staff and sparkling maternity complex deliver improved maternal health in South Sudan

Angelina Bakhit recovers after giving birth to her son, Mayen, by caesarean section at Wau Teaching Hospital.

Seasonal workers in West Gondar

Preventing potentially fatal tropical disease in thousands of migrants in Ethiopia

Every year, hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers from across northern Ethiopia make the trek to work the farmlands of the West Gondar area, but are typically unaware of the localised risk of Leishmaniasis there.