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WHO calls on Liberian community leaders to adopt measures to stop the epidemic of Ebola

Monrovia (Liberia), August 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) appealed to community leaders in Montserrado county, Liberia, to adopt control measures to stop the Ebola o

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Dr Okello administering vaccine at launch

WHO supports introduction of Rotavirus vaccine in Zimbabwe

Harare, 19 August 2014 : WHO supported the Ministry of Health and Child Care to launch the nationwide introduction of the rotavirus vaccine in Zimbabwe ami

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WHO Ethiopia staff briefing Ethiopian Airlines crew members on Ebola Virus Disease on 15 August 2014.

WHO: Air travel is low-risk for Ebola transmission

14 AUGUST 2014.

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Uganda health workers supporting West Africa on Ebola response

Kampala, 15th August 2014:- As the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) continues to ravage Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone in West Africa, Uganda is one o

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Ebola Preparedness and Response Plan: Lesotho Acts

Maseru, Lesotho, 15 August 2014 - Following a declaration of Ebola outbreak in West Africa as a Public Health Event of International Concern by the Di

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Dr Mary Tapgun, African Union Commission Medical Services Directorate, Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia, H.E. Dr. Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko, African Union Commissioner for Social Affairs, and Ms. Wynne Musabayana, Deputy Head of Division, African Union Commission Information and Communication Directorate, and H.E. Amidou Toure, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Burkina Faso, briefed the media on the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa in a press conference at the

The African Union Commission Pledges One Million to Ebola Response

The African Union Commission and the World Health Organization Urge Member States to replenish the AU Emergency Fund and theAfrican Public Health Emergency Fund to support affec

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L-R: Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative; Ato Abebe Balcha, Ethiopia's Goodwill Ambassador for Mental Health; Dr Shekhar Saxena, Director of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse of WHO.

There is No Health without Mental Health - Reforming Mental Health Services in Ethiopia

Ethiopia holds first National Mental Health Symposium

 

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President Koroma, left, at the EOC working station being briefed by Dr Mufunda, WHO Representative

President Koroma attends meeting of the Ebola Emergency Operations Centre

Freetown, 11 August 2014 – President Ernest Bai Koroma made his third visit to the Ebola Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at the WHO Country Office in Freetown today 11 August.

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