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Fati Niger, Queen of Hausa music, rehearsing songs on cholera, meningitis and Lassa fever prevention in a recording studio in Maiduguri, Borno state. Photo credit: WHO/CE.Onuekwe

WHO partners with Fati Niger, popular Nigerian-based singer, to create awareness on cholera, meningitis and Lassa fever prevention.

Maiduguri, 28 March 2018 -  “When I heard the voice of my…
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Independent Advisory Group (IAG) meets in Rustenburg, South Africa, from 20-21 March 2018.

Advisory group recommends actions to strengthen WHO’s work in African Region

The Independent Advisory Group (IAG) established to provide strategic…
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Improving TB treatment and control in West and Central Africa

The search for innovative and effective ways of tackling tuberculosis…
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Minister for Health, Hon. Ummy Mwalimu, witnessing a child taking the new child-friendly TB medicine

Tanzania launches new TB medicine formulation for children

Dar es Salaam, 20 March 2018: The introduction of pediatric…
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Some dignitaries present at the Function

Ghana launches 2018 World TB Day Celebrations

On 22 March 2018, Ghana joined the rest of the world in commemorating…
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Polio vaccine

Polio eradication is a true African success story, made possible by devoted leaders, countries, communities, civil society, and parents

March 2018 In 1996, poliovirus paralysed more than 75,000 children…
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Call made for Leaders for a TB free Zimbabwe

The call was made during the commemoration of World TB Day which was…
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Dr. Lastone Chitembo, HIV/AIDS/TB Advisor at WHO visiting the Society for Family Health exhibition stand where HIV self testing was promoted.

Zambia commemorates World TB Day and calls upon leaders at all levels to accelerate TB control efforts.

On 24 March Zambia joined the rest of the world to focus on how best…
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