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Healh workers receive members of the public for TB screening during the commemoration

Minister of Health calls for accelerated action to end tuberculosis deaths

Uganda commemorated World Tuberculosis Day under the theme, "It Is Time for Uganda to End TB”, and the slogan, “It Starts With Me" at a national function at Ruhama sub-county grounds in Ntungamo District.
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Workshop on R-HMIS in Private Health Facilities

Improving Reporting Rate from Private Health Facilities is Key for SDGs Monitoring

The Rwanda Health Management Information System (R-HMIS), based on the District Health Information System (DHIS-2), has been successfully rolled out in all public health facilit

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Group photograph during the launch of the catastrophic cost survey report and UNHLM Roadmap to eliminate TB in Nigeria

Nigeria study confirms that TB is utterly impoverishing for many in the country

Abuja, 25 March 2019- The Nigerian Federal Minister of Health on 25 March 2019 launched a report of a catastrophic cost survey on TB concluded in 2018. 

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From data to decision-making for health

From data to decision-making for health

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Refugees engage with WHO officials at the orientation meeting

WHO Mobilizes Urban-based Congolese Refugees in Uganda for Ebola action

Life as a refugee is never easy.

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Ensuring good distribution practices for medicines

Ensuring good distribution practices for medicines

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St Paulos Hospital MDR TB ward case team

It was frustrating to be diagnosed with Drug Resistance Tuberculosis (DR TB) but I Survived

“My name is Kitaw Teklemariam. My daughter was only two years old while I was diagnosed as a TB patient at the age of 40. The problem I had been dealing with was not only my health; I was also confronted by the stigma from my family and the community. That touched me very deeply. Thank you I am alive now because of the affordable care I found in the country and the improved management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (DR TB) cases that provided me a good quality of care to save my life. I am grateful for doing the sensitization in different regions by sharing my story as a survival and promoting the TB program that benefits TB patients and the communities with little cognizance. 
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Zanzibar commemorates World Hearing Day

Zanzibar commemorates World Hearing Day

On World Hearing Day 2019, WHO draws attention to the importance of early identification and intervention for hearing loss. Many people live with unidentified hearing loss, often failing to realize that they are missing out on certain sounds and words. Checking one’s hearing would be the first step towards addressing the issue. This year, the day was marked in Zanzibar under the theme "Check Your Hearing”.
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