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Uganda hosts International meeting on Onchocerciasis control in Africa and the who regional director meets with the UN family in Uganda

KAMPALA, 18 December 2015:- Ugandan hosted the twenty-first session of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) of the African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) a

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“UN Calls for Legislation against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Child Marriages at its 70th year of Existence”

Banjul - 17 December 2015: The United Nation System  in the Gambia  joined the rest of the world in commemorating UN Day 2015 which was  observed on 24th Octobe

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State Minister of Health Dr Kebede Worku delivering the even'ts key-note address.

Inactivated Polio Virus Vaccine (IPV) Introduced in Ethiopia


ADDIS ABABA, 16 December 2015 | Ethiopia joins over 130 countries to introduce Inactivated Polio Virus (IPV) vaccine against poliomyelitis.

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WHO Ethiopia Neglected NTD Coordinator Dr Abate Mulugeta overseeing the deworming in a school in Addis Ababa

Ethiopian School-Based Deworming Campaign Targets 17 Million Children

ADDIS ABABA, 15 December 2015 | More than 17 million children aged 5–14 years will be treated for two neglected tropical diseases – soil-transmitted helminthiases (intestinal wo

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WHO Regional Director Dr. Matshidisho Moeti speaks at the closure of JAF21

The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) closes and a new body set up to eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

KAMPALA, 17 December 2015:- The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC) founded in 1995 has been formally closed and a new entity – the Expanded Spe

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The Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Hon Ummy Mwalimu and Deputy Minister, Hon. Dr. Hamis Kigwangala, conducting a press Conference on the cholera situation in Tanzania.

Tanzania’s new Minister of Health fact finding operation on the current Cholera Outbreak in the country

The Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Hon.

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First lady of Uganda Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni officially opens Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH), Assembly in Kampala

Kampala 16th December 2015:  The Reproductive Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) assembly took place at Serena Hotel in Kampala under the t

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Immunization in Africa: Progress made – but it’s time to up the game

Dakar, 14 December 2016 - Immunization experts have called for concrete actions to stem the tide of vaccine preventable diseases in the WHO African Region.

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