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'Walk the Talk'- UN Marathon

United Nations Staff in Uganda Promote Healthy Lifestyle through Health Run

Kampala, 14 October 2019: - On Sunday, over 200 United Nations staff in Uganda participated in a run aimed at encouraging them to engage in regular physical act

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Conducting motivational interview with a mentally unstable patient at Drug Ward Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital Maiduguri (FNPH)

Psychosocial Support – Borno State Government and WHO scale up efforts to fulfil unmet mental health needs

Maiduguri, 10 November, 2019 - After years of viewing gory sights of freshly injured victims from the frontlines of conflict ridden villages in North eastern Ni

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Group photo of Ministry f Health and Child Care leadership with tthe partners supporting the HIV Programs Joint Review

Zimbabwe Joint HIV Programs Review: Partnership in Action

Over the year

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WHO in Africa offers small research grants on the innovative use of GIS towards polio eradication

WHO in Africa offers small research grants on the innovative use of GIS towards polio eradication

Brazzaville, 10 October 2019 – The Polio Eradication Programme in the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa is seeking applications for res

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Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hypolite Mandala and his wife, Nadège, were among the first parents to arrive for the measles vaccination at Nzombi Health Centre in Masi Manimba, a village 400 km south of Kinshasa.
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Female Surveillance team in Borno State

The challenge of gender inequality in Nigeria’s surveillance network

Maiduguri, 10 October, 2019 - Following the detection of a case of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) in Jere Local Government Area (LGA) Borno State Nigeria, a team

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Group photo of the participants of the LF training

Training on WHO triple drug therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis provided in Eritrea

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Honorable Minister of Health Jappie Mhango MP holding the UN Interagency Task Force award for NCD prevention and control

Malawi receives the UN Interagency Task Force award for instituting strategic steps towards the prevention and control NCD

On 23 September 2019, during the United Nations General Assembly high level meeting the Minister of Health, Mr Jappie Mhango, MP received the United Nations Interagency Task Force award because of the commitment demonstrated by Malawi towards the control and prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).The occasion took place at the United Nations building, conference room number 7 in New York. The Non-Communicable Diseases Synergies and Social change at Harvard Medical School was the one that recommended the nomination of Ministry of Health and Population in Malawi after noting the ministry’s leadership in instituting strategic actions towards prevention and control of NCDs.
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