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HO and Partners Strengthen Care for Malnourished Children

Bridging the nutrition gap: WHO and partners strengthen care for malnourished children

Juba - South Sudan has one of the highest rates of malnutrition among children under five.

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WHO at the UN@80 mobile clinic

WHO joins the UN in celebrating 80 years of progress and partnerships with a major health campaign in Liberia

To mark the United Nations’ 80th anniversary, WHO, in partnership with other UN agencies and the Government of Liberia, launched a health campaign to deliver crucial preventive

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Namibia advances regulatory strengthening through WHO-assisted self-benchmarking exercise

Windhoek—

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Dr Dille from WHO AFRO looks on as the team conducts leep on a patient.

Strengthening capacity of healthcare workers to fast-track cervical cancer elimination in Eswatini

Mbabane—Eswatini faces one of the highest burdens of cervical cancer globally.

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Strengthening capacity on sexual and reproductive health and rights legal and policy frameworks

Zambezi Region—

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Strengthening collaboration for safer blood and availability

Windhoek—

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Ethiopia Launches Month-Long Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Campaign Across Six Regions

Ethiopia Launches Month-Long Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Campaign Across Six Regions

Addis Ababa, 7 November 2025 — The Ministry of Health (MOH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with financial support from the Spanish Agency for Int

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Table simulation

Sierra Leone strengthens readiness for vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks through tabletop simulation exercise

Freetown—Sierra Leone has completed a two-day tabletop simulation exercise, held from 5–6 November 2025 at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (

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