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The Permanent Secretary for Health, Dr Mpoki Ulisubisya receiving the items from the WHO Representative, Dr. Adiele Onyeze

WHO provides medicines and equipment for Ebola preparedness and control of Malaria & Neglected Tropical Diseases in Tanzania

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The Deputy Minister for Health Mainland emphasizing a point during the meeting.

Tanzania charts the roadmap for implementation of the World Health Assembly resolutions

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US Ambassador Ms Deborah R. Malac shares her experience from the visit to Uganda-DRC border, surrounding her are the members of the Diplomatic Corps, the Minister of Health and the WHO Representative

Uganda heightens Ebola preparedness response

Kampala, 23 August 2018:- In the wake of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda has heightened its surveillance and alertness at th

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Bekele NIS meeting

Seychelles sets course to establish a Nutrition Information System

Seychelles, 22 August 2018 - In response to the need to have a holistic information system that can continuously collect, analyse and interpret data related to

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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Our first year together

It's been just over a year since Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus took office as WHO Director-General.

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A segment of the participants of the event

World Breastfeeding Week 2018 Observed in Eritrea

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Senegal to Host 68th Session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa, 27 – 31 August 2018

Senegal to Host 68th Session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa, 27 – 31 August 2018

Dakar/ Brazzaville, 20 August 2018 - Ministers of Health and senior officials from 47 African countries will meet in Dakar, Senegal for the 68th session of

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Athanase Ndungo Bonane

EBOLA - Hope is at the end of the tunnel in Mangina - (East of the DRC)

Mangina (North Kivu), 17 August 2018. "I was under a lot of stress and experienced insomnia  mixed with nightmare all night," says Sister Darlène Mwasi, a registered nurse at the Mangina referral health centre, which is more than 30 kilometres southwest of the town of Beni in North Kivu. 
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