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Dr Bjorn-Inge Larsen, the World Health Organization Executive Board member, visited Malawi from 12 to 15 April 2011.

World Malaria Day was commemorated in Sierra Leone on the global theme “Achieving Progress and Impact”. A national Slogan “Kick malaria.

Windhoek, 20 April 2011 -- WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, says that countries in the region are making “significant progress” in the fight aga

Life in Côte d'Ivoire is slowly returning to normal after four months of post-electoral violence.

Banjul, 15 April 2011: Unlike previous years, this year’s WHD was observed with renewed partnership with the mass media for health promotion.

New global and country estimates published in Lancet Series

Marking World TB Day 2011, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, gave South Africa's fight against TB a major boost when he unveiled a new TB diagnosis innovat

Windhoek, 13 April 2011 --  “The worst flooding in decades has cut off thousands of people from health services”, said WHO Representative, Dr Magda Robalo, following a mission w