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WHO personnel vaccinating a child in Gwoza

Borno leaves no stone unturned as outbreak response to polio virus commences

Maiduguri, 17 August, 2016 - Immediate outbreak response (OBR) to recently detected wild polio viruses (WPV) in Borno State commenced on 15 August, 2016 with vaccination of chil

Briefing at EOC

External team begins assessment of surveillance system in Nigeria.

Abuja, 16 August, 2016 - An external surveillance team is in Nigeria to assess the sensitivity of the acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance system.

Mass vaccination campaign to protect millions against yellow fever in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo

A Newly Appointed WHO Representative to Ethiopia Presents Credential

29 July 2016, ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | Dr. Akpaka Kalu, the newly appointed WHO Representative to Ethiopia, presented his credentials to H.E.

Preparing to vaccinate millions against yellow fever

Community mobilization and engagement accelerating ahead of yellow fever prevention campaign in Kinshasa

Professor Isaac Adewole, Nigeria's Minister of Health

Nigeria detects wild poliovirus in recently accessible areas of Borno State

Abuja, 12 August, 2016 - With improved surveillance among recently accessible populations of Borno State, Nigeria has identified two (2) wild poliovirus (WPV) cases, the first t

WHO and Ministry of Health staff discussing with nurses

WHO heightens health response to cholera outbreak in CAR

Bangui/Brazzaville, 11 August 2016 – Amid an ongoing complex humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and