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South Sudan set to vaccinate targeted healthcare and frontline workers operating in high risk states against Ebola

Juba 8 December, 2018 – The Ministry of Health of the Republic of South Sudan with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), DFID, GAVI vaccine alliance

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The HPV National Launch participants attending the launch event on Dec 3 2018 at Tesfa Kokeb Primary School

Ethiopia launches Human Papillomavirus Vaccine for 14 year old girls

Ethiopia plans to vaccinate more than 1 million 14-year-old girls against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
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Niger vaccinates 152,000 people against cholera in high-risk areas    

Niger vaccinates 152,000 people against cholera in high-risk areas    

The Government of Niger with the support of the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners has successfully concluded an oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign to protect more than 152,000 people at high risk of the disease.   
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Dr. Moses K. Jeuronlon, DPC Cluster Lead, reading the WHO Regional Director for Africa WDD message during the indoor program in Monrovia

Liberia Commemorates World Diabetes Day

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WHO Representative for Eritrea, Dr Josephine Namboze making a speech

Eritrea Observed World AIDS Day 2018

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Public Health Emergency reporting training participants

A big move in bridging journalists and Public Health Emergency: WHO Ethiopia trains Journalists on PHE reporting

WHO Ethiopia trains journalists on public health emergency (PHE) reporting from Nov 19-20, 2018; at Bishoftu Liesak Resort. The training was facilitated by Senior Producer at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) and Yimer Dawod Deputy Editor – in-Chief at Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) who have been trained in Nirobi by WHO AFRO in 2018.
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Panalist of the 3rd Antibiotics Day conference

Ethiopia marked the 3rd World Antibiotic Awareness Week  

This year’s  World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW)  commemoration event was organized by the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), Ethiopian Food, Medicine and Health Care Adminis

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Team Building workshop participants from WHO Ethiopia central team

WHO Ethiopia conducts a team building workshop: “One team, one goal!”

WCO conducted a one day team building workshop on 22nd Nov, 2018 at Desalegn Hotel in Addis Ababa. The objective of this workshop was to enhance team spirit, staff motivation and morale, improve the ability to solve problem of the country office through individual contribution, and overall improves the organizational productivity towards contributing to the new ways of working in WHO.
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