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Community members queue for services during African Vaccination Week in Tsabong

Health outreach strengthened during African Vaccination Week in Tsabong

Botswana commemorated African Vaccination Week (AVW) from 24th to 30th April 2025 under the regional theme, “Immunization for All is Humanly Possible.

Dr. A. Ancia, WHO Representative in Mauritius, emphasizing the importance of the evaluation of NITAG.

WHO supports Mauritius in assessing and empowering the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group

National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) play a critical role in translating

WHO Representative Dr Fabian Ndenzako briefs minister Modise ahead of World Health Assembly

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Botswana, Dr Fabian Ndenzako, held a high-level debriefing session with the Honourable Minister

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Sierra Leone charts bold new path to quality hospital care

Freetown - Sierra Leone has taken a major stride toward transforming the nation’s hospital services with the final validation of its first-ever Nation

“Yes! We Can End TB!” — WHO Calls for Accelerated Implementation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for the TB Response

“Yes! We Can End TB!” — WHO Calls for Accelerated Implementation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for the TB Response

On 24 March 1882, Dr Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).

Stakeholder meeting on the Pandemic Fund proposal

Botswana prepares for the 3rd call for proposals to the Pandemic Fund

In response to the third call for proposals by the Pandemic Fund, an international financing mechanism with a budget of $500 million, Botswana develop

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Nigeria's multi-pronged malaria elimination approach gains momentum

Yenagoa, Four months ago, town criers and media in Bayelsa State, notified caregivers of the launch of the malaria vaccination campaign for children under 5-11 months.

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Safeguarding the health of mothers and newborns in Burundi

Bujumbura, April 2025 – Burundi had never seen anything like it before: on a Saturday in December 2022, 35-year-old Johari gave birth to six babies.