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Hon Minister of Health Dr Riek Gai Kok, Dr Abdi Mohamed and Dr Makur Kariom, Undersecretary Ministry of Health at the Rumbek Maternity Hospital entrance

WHO deploys a surgeon and an anesthetist in the new Salva Kiir Mayardit Women’s Hospital in Rumbek officially opened by the President of South Sudan, Gen Salva Kiir Mayardit.

On 12 July 2014, a new hospital Kiir Mayardit Women’s Hospital was officially opened in Rumbek, Lakes State by his Excellency Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of S

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Dr Yoti WHO AFRO facilitating the training

Kailahun deploys 300 volunteers to monitor persons exposed to Ebola virus in communities

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 11 July 2014 - The Kailahun District Health Management Team in collaboration with WHO, Red Cross, MSF, Metabiota and other partners has trained the last

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Dr Pierre M'pele-Kilebou awards the medal to Hon Ato Abadula Gemeda.

The House of Peoples' Representatives Awarded by WHO for its Contribution to Tobacco Control in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa.

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“I never thought I’d be alive, talking and laughing like this, but thanks to WHO and partners I got treated of cholera and can resume my life again,” says Celestina Poni.

Grateful to be alive after severe bout of cholera, thanks to health partner support

Celestina Poni, a 29-year-old mother of five is glad to be alive, after suffering from a severe bout of cholera which she believes almost killed her.

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Experts discuss improvement of Medical Education and Training in Africa

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Uganda Releases Results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey 2013

Kampala, 8th July 2014:- Uganda released preliminary results of the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) indicating that, 1.3 million people aged 15 years an

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WR, Dr. Rui Gama Vaz with STOP team volunteers and facilitators

STOP 44 to Nigeria receives Induction: Technical and Administrative issues top agenda

Abuja, 08 July, 2014 - The Stop Transmission of Polio (STOP) program started in 1998 with the primary aim to strengthen acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) surveillance, support natio

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Dr Keiji Fukuda, WHO Assistant Director General for Health Security addressing WHO Ebola field response teams in Kenema

WHO Assistant Director General Visits Ebola Response Staff in the field in Sierra Leone

Dr Keiji Fukuda, the Assistant Director General (ADG) for Health Security from the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva arrived in Sierra Leone on 8 July 2014.

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