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Charting Zambia’s digital health future

Charting Zambia’s digital health future

In a vibrant gathering at Urban Bliss Hotel in Kabwe, 31 passionate minds came together from 9 to 11 September 2025 to shape the future of digital health in Zambia.

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National Policy Dialogue: Shaping the Future of Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nigeria

Abuja, Nigeria: Nigeria is prioritizing adolescent health, well-being and development through multisectoral collaboration, in line with the National Health Sect

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Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease has been declared.
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Unity in health: Zambia hosts the 75th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

In late August, Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city became the heartbeat of African public health as it hosted the seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, the

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Namibia rolls out human papillomavirus vaccination to help end cervical cancer

Namibia rolls out human papillomavirus vaccination to help end cervical cancer

Windhoek ‒ Andra Chigova, a 10-year-old girl from Windhoek, Namibia, is encouraging other girls to get vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus

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Namibia Enhances capacity building on detection and reporting Through Review of IDSR Training Materials

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), with technical and financial support from the World Health Organization (WHO) through the Pandemic Fund Multi-Country Project

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Intensifying Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Intensifying Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Following the declaration of the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, World Health Organization (WHO) is intensifying efforts to support the government to scale up measures to halt the spread of the virus as swiftly as possible.
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Ghana Advances Adolescent Health with New Regional and Global Guidance

Adolescents and young people make up a quarter of Ghana’s population an

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