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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in Madagascar that has spread to the capital and port towns, infecting more than 100 people in just a few weeks.<

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Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

The WHO Country Office and MOH had organized a validation workshop on health facility standards on 7 September 2017 at the Conference Hall of Nyala Ho

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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

L'OMS intensifie rapidement sa réponse à une épidémie de peste à Madagascar qui s'est diffusée dans la capitale et certaines villes portuaires, infectant plus de 100 personnes en quelques semaines seulement.
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Teenage girl breastfeeding her newborn baby while WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses and Mr Thomas Shapumbu, Kunene Regional Health Director looks on

Opuwo Health District will get a Maternity Waiting Home

Expectant mothers in the Kunene region will soon be able to have better access to safe delivery services.

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WHO’s Dr Stephane de la Rocque guides participants through the IHR/PVS core competencies matrix

Uganda commits to scaling up collaboration between veterinary health and the public health sector

The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) supported Uganda to design a harmonized, deta

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Meeting in session

WHO and partners meet to reflect on progress made in expanding access to medicines through the EC/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership Project

The final meeting of the EU/ACP/WHO Renewed Partnership on Strengthening Pharmaceutical System and Access to Quality Essential Medicines in 15 countries[1] was successfully concluded with recommendations and way forward to sustain the gains and further strengthen the pharmaceutical system in countries. Dr. Ghirmay Andemichael, the Public Health Advisor for Zanzibar presented the closing remarks on behalf of the WHO Representative for Tanzania; Dr. Matthieu Kamwa. In the remarks he urged participants to continue networking for sharing of experiences and best practices and incorporate the recommendations and way forward in their strategic and annual plans of various sectors as necessary.
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The mobile medical team reaching the vulnerable population in Movolo. Photo WHO.

WHO’s emergency mobile medical teams provide lifesaving health services in famine-affected and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan

26 September 2017, Juba – WHO’s emergency medical mobile teams are providing lifesaving health services to alleviate the myriad of public health challenges

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Group photo WHO RD for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti with President of the Republic of Seychelles Danny Faure at the opening (centre)

Sixth Meeting of African Ministers of Health of Small Island Developing States opens in Seychelles

The 6th Meeting of African Ministers of Health of Small Island Developing States opened on 26th September 2017 at the Savoy Resort and Spa, in Victoria, Republic of Seychelles. The meeting was officially opened by His Excellency Danny Faure, President of the Republic of Seychelles.
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