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WHO trains lawyers on international trade law, health and tobacco control

Entebbe 12th June 2014:- The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa has trained a cohort of lawyers on international trade law and tobacco co

Dr Luis Sambo lauds success of river blindness control and urges renewed commitment to tackle neglected tropical diseases in Africa

Pricing and competition in specialist medical services, an overview for South Africa

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has officially released a report on Pricing and competition in specialist medical services on a seminar organiz

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East African experts deliberate on gender based violence

Entebbe, 18th June 2014:- In Uganda, 62% of Gender Based Violence (GBV) is by intimate partners and largely affects women between the ages of 15 to 49

The high-level delegation with Doollo Zonal Administration in Warder, 14 June 2014.

High-level Delegation Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthen Polio Eradication Support to Doollo Zone, Somali Region

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Boy sits under insecticide-treated bed net in Wonchit kebele, Dera Woreda, Amhara Region, Ethiopia.

Small Bite, Big Threat

Ethiopia Intensifies Action against Vector-Borne Diseases.

Cheap and effective vaccines are available to prevent polio. PHOTO: WHO Ethiopia/ Julie Pudlowski

Protecting Progress towards Polio Eradication

WHO Declares Polio Spread Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

L-R: Dr Samuel Okiror, WHO Horn of Africa Polio Coordinator, WHO; Dr Pierre M’Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative to Ethiopia; Dr Kebede Worku, State Minister of Health; Mr Ali Abdullahi, Governor of Somaliland; Mr Abdufatah Mohammed Hassen, Vice President of Ethiopia’s Somali Regional State and Head of the Somali Regional Health Bureau; Mr Muhyadin Abdi, Mayor of Togwajale.

Cross-Border immunization activities step up polio eradication efforts in the Horn of Africa

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