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Guinea worm emerging from the patient's knee.

New Guinea Worm Case Confirmed in Ethiopia

A new Dracunculiasis (commonly known as Guinea Worm Disease) case has been confirmed in Ethiopia.

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The high-level delegation with Doollo Zonal Administration in front of the WHO/UNICEF Polio Operations Base in Wardher town on 5 January 2015.

Ethiopia Marks 365 Days without Polio

Wardher. 6 January 2015. Since 5 January 2014 no new cases of wild polio virus have been reported from the Somali region of Ethiopia.

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Safe breastfeeding key to improve children's health

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Keynote Address by Dr David Okello at the occasion of the National Health and Research Conference, Mbabane, Swaziland

Salutations

• Your Excellency, the Right Honourable Prime Minister Dr Sibusiso B. Dlamini

• Honourable Minister of Health Make Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane

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WHO Perspectives on Maternal Mortality in Zimbabwe: A Reflection of the Year 2014

Key Highlights

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Sexual and intimate partner violence affects millions in Africa

In the African Region, one in five girls have been sexually abused during childhood, with estimates from some countries placing that proportion closer to one in three. This startling statistic is highlighted in the newly released Global status report on violence prevention 2014.
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L-R: YongWhan Kim, Deputy Representative, KOICA Ethiopia; Kebba O’Jaiteh, Outbreak Crisis and Response Coordinator, WHO Ethiopia; Daddi Jimma, Deputy Director General of EPHI and Chair of the National Ebola Preparedness and Response Technical Working Group; Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia; Admas Tefera, Preparedness, Surveillance and Response Programme Coordinator, WHO Ethiopia; ByungHwa Lee, KOICA Resident Representative to Ethiopia; Mer’Awi Aragaw, Public Health Emergencies Advisor t

KOICA and WHO Join Forces to Support Ebola Preparedness in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa.

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Sierra Leone: How Kailahun district kicked Ebola out

Kailahun district in eastern Sierra Leone was one of the country’s first hotspots in the Ebola outbreak, at its peak reporting more than 80 new cases per week in late June 2014.

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