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Dr Kesetebirhan Admasu, Minister of Health, speaking at the opening of the 16th ARM.

Visioning for the Future of the Health Sector in Ethiopia

The 16th Annual Review Meeting (ARM) of the Health Sector Development Programme was organized by the Federal Ministry of Health, 15-17 October, in Dire Dawa under the theme "Cro

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Dr Sambo urges countries to accelerate the progress of implementation of the African Public Health Emergency Fund

Cotonou, Benin 5 November 2014 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has called on countries in the WHO Africa

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Fighting Viral Hepatitis in the African Region

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Dr Sambo proposes key actions to tackle Ebola

Cotonou, 5 November 2014 – The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Director for Africa,  Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed key actions to be implemen

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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

Dr Matshidiso Moeti of Botswana nominated new World Health Organization’s Regional Director for Africa

Cotonou, Benin, 5 November 2014 - Dr Matshidiso Moeti of the Republic of Botswana was today nominated to be the next World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa.

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African countries resolve to step up efforts to tackle vaccine preventable diseases

Cotonou, Benin.

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Ebola survivors tell their stories at the Survivors’ Conference in Kenema, Sierra Leone. WHO/S. Gborie

Helping the Ebola survivors turn the page

As the Ebola outbreak grows and spreads, a small but significant group of people is also growing - the Ebola survivors.

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Health in the African Region: Progress has been made during the last decade

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