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Participants at the Diabetes Spotlight meeting

Uganda Casts the Spotlight on Diabetes; Adopts Global Diabetes Targets

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from World Health Organization (WHO), has convened a meeting to raise awareness and commitment on implementing sustainable priori

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WHO personnel counselling a TB Patient

Osun State not taking its foot off the pedal in the fight against Tuberculosis

Osun, 31 March, 2023 - “I was coughing out blood persistently for weeks, had fever, weakness, night sweats, severe chest pain.

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A laboratory Scientist prepares samples for genome sequencing

Evidence-informed approach to improve DRTB treatment success in Eswatini

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Ngakudzwe getting his hernia repair

Hope Restored: The Power of Free Surgeries in Transforming Lives of Children in Zimbabwe

By Tatenda Chimbwanda

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Uganda Health minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng (in Red) and WHO Representatitive (First left) Dr. Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam interact with Ministry of Health staff at the screening booth in Mutukula

Uganda Heightens Preparedness and Response Activities over Marburg Outbreak in Tanzania

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Increased investment key to ending TB by 2030 in Zimbabwe

                                                                              PRESS RELEASE

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World TB Day

Tanzania adopts multisectoral accountability framework to accelerate progress to end Tuberculosis (TB)

Simiyu  - Tanzania marked the World TB Day in 2023, with the launch of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework to end TB (MAF

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Distribution of ITNs

Uganda commemorates 2023 World Malaria Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) Uganda joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Malaria Day 2023 and the launch of the lifesaving vector control tool, the Insectici

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