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Local students become active Ebola case finders

Ever since the closure of the university due to the Ebola outbreak, Tony Harrison, sociology student at the University of Liberia, has been trying to help stop the spread of the

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How to save the lives of newborns in Africa

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The closing of JAF20 week: closing of the STH Coalition meeting with the Global Schisto Alliance.

Countries Commit to Step-Up Actions to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Addis Ababa.

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World Diabetes Day launched in the Gambia1

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Delegates from the Ministry of Health at national and sub-national level with key partners.

WHO Pledges Continued Support to Strengthen South Sudan’s Health System

Juba, South Sudan, 11 December 2014 - In continued efforts to strengthen the health service delivery system in South Sudan, WHO supported the Ministry of Health

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Ebola awareness campaign with community leaders in Djera, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on hand hygiene, safe burials during the Ebola outbreak.

The country that knows how to beat Ebola

In DRC there was long experience with Ebola – this was the seventh outbreak of the disease here.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo: The country that knows how to beat Ebola

In DRC there was long experience with Ebola – this was the seventh outbreak of the disease here.

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Scaling-up of effective malaria control dramatically reduces deaths

The number people dying from malaria has fallen dramatically since 2000 and malaria cases are also steadily declining, according to the "World malaria report 2014".

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