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Tackling the common health challenges of African Small Island Developing States

Tackling the common health challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the WHO African Region will be the focus of a three day high-level meeting in Victoria, Seychelles from 26-29 September 2017.
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Minister of Health, Uganda, Dr Aceng makes her remarks at the opening of the meeting

Countries commit to scaling-up IDSR to tackle guinea worm disease in Africa

Experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda convened in Entebbe, Uganda, to identify and discuss oppo

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The landslide which started in Regent devastated homes, communities and waterways along its path

Mitigating health risks in the wake of disaster

FREETOWN, September 21 2017 --- On the morning of 14th August 2017, people in Sierra Leone awoke to tragic news.

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Diane Irakoze a écouté avec attention les conseils pour bien utiliser sa moustiquaire

Campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées : un engouement certain

A jour 3, la campagne prévue pour durer 5 jours se déroule comme prévue.

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His Excellency Ambassador Alan Hamson hands the bunch of keys for the maternity complexes to the Honorable Minister Dr Riek Gai Kok. Photo WHO

WHO with funding from the Government of Canada inaugurates newly constructed maternity complexes in Awiel and Kuajok

19 September 2017, Juba – As part of its efforts to ensure the delivery and u

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Head of Service, vaccinating a child with oral cholera vaccine at Muna IDPs camp in Borno state.

Borno applauds WHO's response to cholera outbreak.

Maiduguri, 19 September 2017 - As the cholera vaccination campaign kicks off for the first time in Nigeria in the affected areas of Borno state, the Deputy Gove

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Dr Pascal Mkanda presenting 34th ERC preliminary findingd and recommendations

Polio eradication: Experts say Nigeria not ‘out of the woods yet’.

Abuja, 20 September 2017-The 34

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L'agent en charge de l'Information Education Communication (IEC) donne des conseils d'usage

Protéger les burundais du paludisme : campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées du 18 au 22 septembre

Du 18 au 22 septembre 2017, le Ministère de la Santé Publique et de Lutte contre le Sida et ses partenaires organisent une campagne de distribution des moustiquaires imprégnées

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