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Nationwide survey of health facilities underway in Sierra Leone

Currently Sierra Leone’s largest every survey of health facilities is underway as part of an extended Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA+), which aims to provid

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Dr Simon Zwane handing over the equipment to one of the matrons

WHO donates E650 000 worth of NCDs equipment to government

16 March,  Mbabane, Swaziland - AS the country battles with an increasing burden of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization has donated E650 000 worth of

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Dr Peter Clement and Rev Tijli Tyee (Front row 2nd and 3rd from R) with some of the workshop participants

Ministry of Health of Liberia Endorses the 2nd Edition of the National Standard Therapeutic Guidelines and Essential Medicines List.

Monrovia 17th March, 2017 - The Ministry of Health of Liberia, with support from the World Health Organization has endorsed the new version (2nd Edition) of the

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Assessing Umars nutrition status

Severely Malnourished Children in Borno State Benefit From WHO-Supported Stabilization Centre

Maiduguri, 15 March 2017 - An estimated 400,000 children in the northeast, Nigeria are currently suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) because of the ongoing humanitari

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Ministry of Health, WHO Country Office staff and the Tobacco control experts from WHO AFRO following a meeting with the Permanent Secretary and seniour officials at Ministry of Agriculture

WHO/AFRO supports advocacy and orientation meetings on implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in Zambia

Lusaka, 14 March 2017 - Zambia acceded to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) on 23rd May 2008.

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A mental health worker displaying a copy of the Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan

Liberia Launches 5 Year Mental Health Policy and Strategic Plan

Monrovia 9th March 2017: The Ministry of Health of Liberia is making progress in mental health care in the face of considerable challenges.

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Ministry of Health,Tanzania delegate visiting a protected borehole constructed within a community facing drought as a result of climate change in Ethiopia

Strengthening adaptation and resilience to climate change in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam, 7-9 March 2017 : Climate change has been recognized as a major global health threat of the 21st century.

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The WHO Assessors, WHO Country Office, ZAMRA and ZNBTS staff.

WHO Conducts assessment of Blood and Blood Products Regulation at the Zambia Medicines Regulatory Authority and Zambia National Blood Transfusion Services

Lusaka, 8 March 2017 - Blood transfusion is a potentially life-saving medical intervention.

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