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WHO Namibia and MOHSS partnered for a media training focusing on UHC

Empowering health journalism in Namibia: A Workshop on Universal Health Coverage and Public Health Reporting

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the Government of Japan supported the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) to conduct a three-day workshop in S

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Three Central African countries commit to global eradication of Guinea-worm disease

Three Central African countries commit to global eradication of Guinea-worm disease

N’Djamena – Ministers of Health of Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad have pledged to scale up efforts

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Tanzania’s Laboratory Enhancements Paves Way for Measles and Rubella Elimination.

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania’s National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) has achieved full accreditation for measles and rubella testing, marking a major mi

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Ward-based Outreach Efforts Target elephantiasis in high burdened districts

Bulawayo – Thirty-six-year-old Siyenkosini Moyo walks into Collen B

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Strategic Session Targets Health Crisis Response and Organizational Reform

Strategic Session Targets Health Crisis Response and Organizational Reform

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - The World Health Organization's (WHO) Ethiopia Country Office (WCO-Ethiopia) convened a strategic working session on August

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South Africa makes strides in bid to contain mpox

South Africa makes strides in bid to contain mpox

Pretoria ‒ As the wider African region experiences an upsurge in mpox cases, South Africa’s multi-pronged efforts to bring the outbreak under control are bearin

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Zanzibar unveils a five-year National Action Plan to strengthen Health Security on the island.

Zanzibar- In a landmark event underscoring its commitment to bolstering public health infrastructure and technical capacities, Zanzibar with support fr

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Angola receives vaccines to fight cervical cancer.

Angola today received 1.4 million doses of HPV vaccines to reinforce actions to prevent and protect its population against cervical cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths in the African region.
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