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Kenya faces rising burden of diabetes

“I didn't know I had diabetes until I became sick. I went into hospital and was told: ‘Your blood sugar level is way up.’”

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Statement from WHO and UNICEF on the Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern about the misinformation circulating in the media on the quality o

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Youth leader ensuring street immunization

Polio Legacy: WHO Partners Youth Groups to Dismantle Security Barriers in Accessing Chronically Missed Children.

Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November 2014 - Since the World Health Assembly at its sixty-fifth session of May 2012 declared Polio Eradication as a Public Health emergency of global signi

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WHO Harare welcomes RD Elect

Harare, 12 Nov.

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Stakeholders at the Workforce Registry Meeting

Nigeria in the Frontline-Council approves first National Health Workforce Registry in Africa

Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November, 2014- The National Council of Health (NCH) for Nigeria has approved both the National Health Workforce Registry(NHWR) Operation Guidelines & Pol

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The Resident Coordinator giving his remarks

WHO hosts 2014 UN Day Celebrations

Harare: 24 October 2014 - In an event that has been described by many as hugely successful, WHO hosted this year’s colourful  UN Day Celebrations at t

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Minister of Health flags off mattresses for Health Facilities

Entebbe, 11th November 2014:- The Minister of State for Health in charge of general duties flagged off 8,141 mattresses meant for 46 General hospitals and

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Cuban health workers in Liberia

As of 22 October 2014, a delegation of 53 Cuban health workers arrived in Liberia to help fight the Ebola outbreak.

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