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Strengthening Capacity of Healthcare Workers to Fast-Track Cervical Cancer Elimination in Eswatini

Eswatini faces one of the hig

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Ethiopia Launches Month-Long Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Campaign Across Six Regions

Ethiopia Launches Month-Long Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment Campaign Across Six Regions

Addis Ababa, 7 November 2025 — The Ministry of Health (MOH), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and with financial support from the Spanish Agency for Int

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Uganda Moves to Integrate Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Services

Uganda Moves to Integrate Communicable and Non-Communicable Disease Services

Uganda is taking bold steps to integrate health service delivery for communicable diseases (CDs) and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), addressing the growing double burden of di

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MR campaign; children displayimg their vaccination cards

Nigeria’s Commitment to Measles and Rubella Elimination by 2030

Abuja, Nigeria remains committed to the global goal of eliminating measles and rubella by 2030.

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Nigeria, WHO and Partners Reaffirm Commitment to End All Forms of Polio by 2030

Nigeria, WHO and Partners Reaffirm Commitment to End All Forms of Polio by 2030

Abuja, Nigeria, in collaboration with WHO and other partners, is intensifying efforts to eradicate all forms of polio by 2030 through government leadership, com

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Care, compassion and recovery of youngest patient in Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak

Care, compassion and recovery of youngest patient in Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak

Bulape — Ebola virus disease is a serious illness. When detected late, it claims many lives, even with recent advances in vaccines and therapeutics.

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A mother holds her child as a health worker delivers a life-saving measles-rubella vaccine in Cape Point, The Gambia.

A Healthier Future for Every Child: The Government of The Gambia Achieves Remarkable Success in the 2025 Measles-Rubella Vaccination, Vitamin A & Deworming Campaign

The Government of The Gambia, through the Ministry of Health, has successfully concluded a highly impactful nationwide Measles-Rubella (MR) Vaccination, Vitamin A Supplementation, and Deworming Campaign, reaching over 352,000 children, an impressive 91.8% coverage of the targeted 385,720 children aged 9 to 59 months.
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Namibia launches the Child Maltreatment Clinical Guidelines

Violence against children in Namibia remains alarmingly high despite the government's commitment to ending it. 

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