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Moving towards malaria elimination in Namibia

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently implementing the WHO/AFRO II larviciding demonstration pr

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WHO and partners are working with more than 4 000 risk communicators

Youth speaking to youth about dodging bullets and Ebola in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zoé and the WHO team of young risk communicators have been working as part of the response to the Ebola outbreak in North Kivu.
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884,953 doses of oral cholera vaccine arrived in Mozambique

Cholera Vaccination Campaign Begins in Mozambique

Following Cyclone Idai devastation, nearly 900,000 people will receive the vaccine from the Gavi-funded stockpile.
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Minister of Health and Child Care, Dr Obadiah Moyo, the Deputy Minister of International Relations for UAE, and Dr Munongo with the Strategy

Zimbabwe Launches Mental Health Strategy

The Ministry

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Elderly people are a blessing

Eritrea Developed Healthy Ageing Action Operational Plan

This photo is one that everyone is familiar with, in every community there is such a one. It was therefore because of this that WHO in collaboration with MOH held an advocacy meeting on ageing and health from 26 to 28 March 2019 at Orotta Conference Hall.
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Stop tobacco use.

Tobacco use ‘snuffs’ out life of over 16,000 annually in Nigeria. 

Abuja 31 March 2019 - Abubakar Salau is only 16 years old but receiving treatment at Karu General Hospital Psychiatry ward for his addiction to ‘snuff.’ 

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Botswana takes bold steps to address health and wellbeing of the older population

Gaborone, Botswana - 29 March 2019: The Botswana Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW), with technical support from the World Health Organization has comm

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Glimpse of participants during the panel discussion

Has the National Public Health Institute and Partners kept the Liberia people safe from health emergencies 2 years after the Ebola outbreak?

Mesfin G.

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