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Nhlangano Health Centre Nursing Sisters discussing the MR campaign data

Eswatini’s nationwide MR Vaccination campaign reaches 87% coverage

Eswatini’s nationwide Measles Rub

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La Côte d’Ivoire renforce ses efforts d’éradication de la poliomyélite en se dotant d’un laboratoire moderne

Côte d'Ivoire strengthens polio eradication efforts with modern laboratory

Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire has taken a crucial  step in the efforts to protect children from the debilitating ef

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WHO sounds the alarm on the rising number of suicides in Eswatini

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Some of the participants at the national commemoration of the 2025 world patient safety day © JICA

Uganda commemorates 2025 world patient safety day with a call to protect every child

Jinja City. The Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other stakeholders, commemorated Wo

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Tanzania Develops National Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic Preparedness Plan

Tanzania Develops National Respiratory Pathogen Pandemic Preparedness Plan

Morogoro - With financial support from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporti

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Kenya bolsters polio and measles surveillance with cutting-edge KEMRI laboratory. Minister of Health DG, Dr Patrick Amoth. The Leadership of KEMRI led by the Board Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ali

Kenya bolsters polio and measles surveillance with cutting-edge KEMRI laboratory

Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya today inaugurated a newly upgraded World Health Organization (WHO)-accredited polio laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (K

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WHO Supports Sierra Leone’s End-Term Review of the National TB Strategic Plan

Sierra Leone has successfully completed the End-Term Review (ETR) of its National Tuberculosis (TB) Strategic Plan (2021–2025), a pivotal exercise aim

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Charting Zambia’s digital health future

Charting Zambia’s digital health future

In a vibrant gathering at Urban Bliss Hotel in Kabwe, 31 passionate minds came together from 9 to 11 September 2025 to shape the future of digital health in Zambia.

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