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African health ministers, partners urge equitable access to critical tools to curb cervical cancer threat

African health ministers, partners urge equitable access to critical tools to curb cervical cancer threat

Inequitable access to vaccines and high-performance screening tools is hampering efforts to effectively reduce the growing burden of cervical cancer in the African region, which accounts for the highest rates of new cases and deaths due to the disease.
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Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile of Tanzania nominated as next director for WHO African Region

Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile of Tanzania nominated as next director for WHO African Region

Dr Faustine Engelbert Ndugulile has been nominated as the next Regional Director for the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region, taking the reins from Dr Matshidiso Moeti, who has served two five-year terms at the helm.
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Intensifying efforts to end TB in South Africa

Intensifying efforts to end TB in South Africa

Pretoria – One night in September 2023, 21-year-old university student Sinalo Tungwashe, who had been experiencing flu-like symptoms for some weeks, was roused from a fit

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First-ever delivery of mpox vaccines in Africa outside of clinical trials arrives in Nigeria 

First-ever delivery of mpox vaccines in Africa outside of clinical trials arrives in Nigeria

Nigeria today received 10 000 doses of mpox vaccines, becoming the first country in the African region to receive doses to respond to the outbreak of the viral disease that has affected several countries and led to the declaration of a public health emergency of international concern by World Health Organization (WHO).
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Fourteen African countries, key partners unite to provide critical resources for health in WHO’s first-ever Investment Round  

Fourteen African countries, key partners unite to provide critical resources for health in WHO’s first-ever Investment Round  

Brazzaville — In an unprecedented show of unity in support of the World Health Organization, 14 African countries and many partners p

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La Guinée Équatoriale intensifie le dépistage pour éradiquer la tuberculose

Equatorial Guinea steps up screening to eradicate tuberculosis

Malabo ‒ Equatorial Guinea has made remarkable progress in its fight against tuberculosis (TB), with screening rates increasing significantly from 34% to 87% be

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Driving down maternal mortality in Mozambique

Driving down maternal mortality in Mozambique

Since 2018, Maulete Joaquim has experienced two complication-free births at Songo Rural Hospital in Mozambique’s western Tete province; she gave birth to her youngest daughter here in 2023. “The hospital takes really good care of their patients,” she says. “Everything went well and all three of us are fine up to today.”
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WHO Nigeri Country Representative Dr W.K Mulombo presenting the CCSIV document to Lagos State Governor, Mr B. Sanwo-Olu during an advocacy visit in Lagos.

Lagos state and WHO collaborate for a healthier population 

The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representative (WR), Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo, has reiterated the organisation's commitment to supporting the Lagos State Government

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