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Reaching the unreached with COVID-19 lifesaving vaccination

Reaching the unreached with COVID-19 lifesaving vaccination

Close to 1.3 million people, from previously inaccessible areas of Tigray were reached with lifesaving COVID-19 vaccination following a two-phase campaign.

Dr Tsitsi Siwela supporting MoHCC immunization campaign

PRESS RELEASE: World Health Organization Turns 75, Commemorates World Health Day with Renewed Commitment to Health for All

Harare, Zimbabwe

On World Health Day, World Health Organization turns 75

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Ministry Applauds Role and Contribution of WHO

Ministry Applauds Role and Contribution of WHO

Addis Ababa, April 7, 2023 – In 1948, countries came together and founded the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote health, keep the world safe and serve t

WHO Technical Officer providing technincal support to health workers on marburg

World Health Organization turns 75 On World Health Day

Today, on World Health Day, World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates its 75th anniversary. In 1948, countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain the highest level of health and well-being. 

Outbreak response training bolsters Mozambique’s cholera control

Outbreak response training bolsters Mozambique’s cholera control

Dr Cremildo Rajabo has new confidence entering the cholera treatment centre in Lichinga district in northern Mozambique, one of the areas hardest-hit by the outbreak.

WHO75 walk the talk led by Para medical students

Celebrating 75 years of extraordinary- WHOs 75th Anniversary campaign launched in Liberia

Nyatuka Othow and her children received oral cholera vaccine

Reactive cholera vaccination campaign kicks off in Malakal

At a vaccination center set under a neem tree in Hai Jalaba neighbourhood in Malakal town, Nyatuka Othow arrived with her three children, aged one, three and five years respecti