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The Minister of Health, Dr Diane Gashumba vaccinating a pupil on HPV

Thousands of Rwandans get lifesaving health interventions through the Health week

The Ministry of Health in collaboration with partners including WHO has finalized a fruitful health week with thousands turning up for different health interventions countrywide

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An eligible child receiving oral polio vaccine in Maiduguri, Borno state

House-to-House, Street-by-Street, 14 000 Volunteers Target 1.9 million Children with OPV in Borno

Maiduguri, 25 March 2017 - Regardless of the insecurity in Borno state, more than 14, 000 volunteers are set to vaccinate 1.9 million children under 5-years old against wild pol

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Assistant Minister of Health and Wellness Hon. Dikgang Makgalemele giving the key note address

World TB Day Commemoration: “Unite to End TB”

Kanye, Botswana - 24th March 2017: The 2017 National World TB Day was commemorated in Kanye in the Southern part of the country under the theme. “Unite to End TB”.

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ESA EPI Managers’ Annual meeting ends, participants adopt recommendations; partners commit to support immunization service delivery

23 March 2017, Kampala – The three day annual EPI Managers’ Meeting for East and Southern African (ESA) countries came to a close on 22th March, 2017

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Rwanda Biomedical Centre Director General, Dr. Jeanine Condo congratulating a former TB patient after testimony

Rwanda employs stringent measures to significantly decline TB incidences

Last Friday 24th March 2017 - Rwanda joined the World to celebrate World Tuberculosis day focusing on the young population in Kigali City.

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L-R Minister of Health, Minister of State for Health and WR at 2017 World TB Day commemoration in Abuja

Nigeria Equips Primary Health Care Centres With GeneXpert Machines To Accelerate TB Case Finding

Abuja, 24 March 2017 - In keeping with the 2017 World Tuberculosis (TB) Day slogan of ‘Accelerating TB Case Finding and Treatment’, Nigeria is scaling up availability of GeneXpe

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WHO Representative to Ethiopia, Dr Akpaka A. Kalu delivering a key note address at the 12th National TB Research Annual Conference (TRAC)

Ethiopia Commemorates World TB Day 2017

Addis Ababa, 3 April, 2017 - Ethiopia joined the rest of the world in commemorating World Tuberculosis Day 2017, under the theme “Unite to End TB”.

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Dr Muhammed Kombo, Lamu county, appreciates the detail in the ambulance donated by WHO

WHO Kenya donates 15 Ambulances to counties

22 March 2017: WHO has donated 15 ambulances to support reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (RMNCAH) in six counties, Migori, Waji

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