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Group photo of Technical Working Group and WHO Experts who facilitated the introduction of PEN in Seychelles

Seychelles adopts the World Health Organisation’s Package of Essential Non-communicable diseases interventions

Seychelles, 2nd December 2019 - Seychelles is strengthening its Primary Health Care services through implementation of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Pac

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Participants of the IDSR training poses for a group photo in Juba

South Sudan reviews the National Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) reviews the integrated diseases surveillance and response.

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Honorable Minister of Health - Mrs Amina Nurhussien and a section of the participants

Eritrea Observed World AIDS Day 2019

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During polio vaccination campaign in Lunda Norte-Angola

WHO supports Angola’s Government efforts to end polio outbreak

Luanda, 3 December 2019 – The World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are supporting the efforts of the Angolan Government to end a polio outbreak that sta

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WHO Nigeria puts together a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan to scale up readiness of the office

Abuja, 29 November, 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO), Nigeria has concluded a workshop to develop its Business Continuity Plan (BCP) using the new cou

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Group photo of participants at the Adaptationof AFRO's 3rd Edition IDSR Technical Guidelines workshop in Buchanan City, Liberia

Liberia Adapts WHO/AFRO’s 3rd Edition of the Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Technical Guidelines

Dr.

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Trachoma causes blindness in poor rural communities.

Establishing the spreading of trachoma in rural Namibia

Trachoma, an infectious eye disease caused by bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is the leading infectious cause of blindness worldwide.

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WHO is spilling #TheTeaOnHIV for at least one million young Africans

WHO is spilling #TheTeaOnHIV for at least one million young Africans

WHO Regional Office in Africa launches a social media campaign, #TheTeaOnHIV, that aims to better inform at least one million adolescents and young people about preventing HIV infection as well as living positively with the virus.
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