1. WHO Africa

WHO Response (Oral Health)

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The WHO Regional Office for Africa has led the promotion of oral health as well as the prevention and control of oral diseases in the WHO African Region by providing strategic direction, such as developing Regional framework for accelerating implementation of the Global oral health action plan: addressing oral diseases as part of noncommunicable diseases towards universal health coverage and health for all by 2030. 

WHO Response (Cervical cancer)

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As rates of cervical cancer and deaths rise at an alarming rate in the Region and countries grapple with the challenge of managing the disease in poorly-resourced settings, WHO warns that without an effective intervention, global cervical cancer deaths will increase to 460 000 by 2040 –and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will have the greatest relative increase.
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