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WHO celebrates inaugural Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme recipients

WHO celebrates inaugural Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme recipients

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa this week inaugurated the first cohort of candidates of the Mwele Malecela Mentorship (MMM) Programme for Women in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), established in 2022 in honour of the visionary behind the 2030 WHO road map for NTDs, and one of Africa’s most respected scientists.
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Teach them young- A sustainable approach to cholera prevention

Nestled on the outskirts of Blantyre district, Ndirande Hill primary school

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Namibia team attending the inaugural training on the Epidemic Intelligence for Open Sources (EIOS)

Namibia received an onboarding training on the Epidemic Intelligence from Open Sources (EIOS) community

Namibia received an onboarding training on the Epidemic Intelligence for Open Sources (EIOS) community to ensure that health threats are identified and responded to early and ra

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The nightmare of underserved populations during the Cholera outbreak

In Malawi's Thyolo district's Savala Village, a family huddles under a mango

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Children on a queue for FIPV and nOPV vaccines at Bororo settlement

Protecting every child in Nigeria from poliovirus 

Minna, 23 August, 2023 - In the remote Nigerian village of Bororo-Kambari, five-year-old Fati Isah and her two siblings are lining up with other children their

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Honorable Yolanda Awel Deng Juac, Minister of Health, and Dr Fabian Ndenzako, WHO Representative a.i. for South Sudan cut the ribbon to officially open the Waste Management Facility in Juba

WHO handed over the first-ever medical waste management to South Sudan’s Ministry of Health

To manage infectious and hazardous waste, WHO built a state-of-the-art medical waste management facility with a cutting-edge temperature incinerator at Juba Teaching Hospital to

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Tackling chronic diseases

Tackling chronic diseases

Teresa Ramos de Carvalho’s long struggle with hypertension and diabetes has turned around since she began attending regular consultations and receiving her medication free of charge at her local health facility in São Domingos in the central area of Cabo Verde.
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WHO Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, delivers vital medicine to the Amhara Region

WHO Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Red Cross Society, delivers vital medicine to the Amhara Region

With the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) Ethiopia, the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) delivered 14.5 Metric Tons (MT) of emergency medical supplies, including

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