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WHO Staff members conducting a community engagement activity during the Marburg Virus Disease outbreak
Empowering Local Health Systems for Sustainable Impact: Inside Uganda's Push to Strengthen District Health Leadership
Ethiopia declares end of first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
Ethiopia declares end of first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak
Around 1.3 million people affected by severe flooding in Southern Africa
Around 1.3 million people affected by severe flooding in Southern Africa
Training of Trainers for strengthening Tanzania's oral health services
Tanzania strengthens oral health services through strategic partnership with WHO and WHO Collaborating Centres in Japan

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Intensifying emergency response to Mozambique flooding disaster
Intensifying emergency response to Mozambique flooding disaster
From villages to markets: Burkina Faso leads the way in cervical cancer elimination
From villages to markets: Burkina Faso leads the way in cervical cancer elimination
Sierra Leone transforms lives through expanded cervical cancer care
Sierra Leone transforms lives through expanded cervical cancer care
Fighting lymphatic filariasis in Madagascar: Lives transformed and hope restored
Fighting lymphatic filariasis in Madagascar: Lives transformed and hope restored

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RDT testing for COVID-19
Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
WHO delivers assorted lifesaving medical supplies to Mayom County in the Greater Unity Region to support flood affected communities.
WHO takes health care services directly to South Sudan’s flood-affected communities in Mayom County
A health worker gives medication to a patient. Kenya has embarked on a extensive evidence-based approach to root out TB
Kenya embarks on new approach to prioritize future TB actions

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WHO AFRO prevents, detects and responds to health emergencies in the African region
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Eliane Gasoni: ma motivation de donneur de sang
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Journée mondiale contre le tabac -2025
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Events

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Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO Regional Committee for Africa now open! Deadline 15 December 2025

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Call for Experts Technical Advisory Group on Noncommunicable Diseases in the World ...

10 September 2025

Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa

25 August 2025

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize — 5th Laureates

23 August 2025