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Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, is interviewed at a hotel in Yokohama on Thursday | Photo: RYUSEI TAKAHASHI

For countries to grow, health care must come first, WHO's Africa director says on TICAD sidelines

WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti makes the first official visit to Japan during the 28–30 August Tokyo International Conference on African Development.
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António Bélio, Nutrition Supervisor, DPS in Sofala

António Bélio, Nutrition Supervisor, DPS in Sofala

António Bélio is a Nutrition Supervisor, responsible for Nutrition at Sofala Provincial Health Directorate (DPS). 

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Protecting devotion from cholera in pilgrimage sites in Ethiopia

Protecting the devoted from cholera in pilgrimage sites in Ethiopia

The pilgrims sometimes come by the thousands. They come by foot, by vehicle and by air to the many churches and monasteries scattered around the once ancient Christian kingdom of Ethiopia. They seek piety in their communing, but it is in the very density of their shared pilgrimage that dangerous diseases like cholera can thrive – if appropriate conditions are not prepared for them. 
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Health leaders see urgency of better coordination among partners for delivering universal health coverage in Africa

Health leaders see urgency of better coordination among partners for delivering universal health coverage in Africa

African health leaders urged development partners to better coordinate their efforts when supporting countries in strengthening their health systems towards achieving universal health coverage and health security. The call came during a side event, organized today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other Harmonization for Health in Africa partners, during the Tokyo International Conference on African Development taking place in Yokohama this week.
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Opening ceremony, Dr J M Dangou, NCDs_AFRO(left), Dr G Ndayisaba, D M NCDs_MoH, Dr W. Maina, Tob_AFRO(right) (2)

The WHO Africa Gates Tobacco Control Project Review Meeting kicked off in Kigali

Kigali, 27th August 2019: The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Rwanda, is organizing in Kigali, a three days’ workshop, from 27th

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Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania

Searching for polio in unusual places in Tanzania

“I have been a sewerage operator for more than 20 years now,” says Fundi Mzee, smiling as he leaves his office at the Dar es Salaam Water and Sewerage Authority premises for his

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The Honourable Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation, Dr Unity Dow (right), receiving the credentials of the WHO Representative to Botswana, Dr Josephine Namboze (left)

Dr Josephine Namboze, the new WR to Botswana, presents her Credentials to the Honourable Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation

Gaborone, Botswana - 22 August 2019: This morning, the new World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative to Botswana, Dr Josephine Namboze, presented her crede

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African health ministers agree to an all-fronts push to control the rise in vector-borne diseases

African health ministers agree to an all-fronts push to control the rise in vector-borne diseases

With countries in Africa experiencing increased cases and deaths due to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, 47 health ministers endorsed the region’s first aggressive plan for vector control across the continent that recognizes the need for an all-fronts push on eliminating the disease transmitters.  
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