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Minister of Health (right) Permanent Secretary, FMOH (middle) and WR (left0 at the 2016 WHD event

World Health Day-Nigeria drums up media support towards speedy prevention and control of diabetes.

Abuja, 07 April 2016 - Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr.

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World Health Day 2016: WHO calls for global action to halt rise in and improve care for people with diabetes

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WHO Director-General visits Angola; urgent action needed to contain yellow fever outbreak

The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, arrived today in Angola’s capital Luanda for a two-day visit to assess the situation of the current outbreak of

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Emergency response to Ebola flare underway in Liberia. Case investigation widens to Guinea

Update from the field
4 April 2016

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WHO staff participate in health walk in Accra Ghana

WHO staff participate in health walk in Accra Ghana

04 April 2014, Accra Ghana - On 7 April, 1948, the World Health Organization's Constitution came into force - a date now celebrated every year as World Health Day (WHD).

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Director General of WHO and Regional Director for Africa in Luanda to support response to the yellow fever epidemic

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Extraordinary Meeting of the African Vaccine Regulatory Forum (AVAREF)

Brazzaville, Congo, 5-7 April, 2016
Creating a New vision and Blueprint for a strengthened AVAREF
 

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New positive case of Ebola virus disease confirmed in Liberia

WHO statement 
1 April 2016

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