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Second African Vaccination Week, 23-28 April 2012

The African Region commemorates from 23 to 28 April 2012 the second…
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WHO welcomes preliminary results of Malaria vaccine trials

The World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Africa has…
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West and Central Africa unite to stop polio outbreak

19 Country Synchronized Polio Campaign Joint GPEI / IFRC Factsheet…
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SADC needs regional collaboration to combat daunting health challenges of TB, Malaria and HIV and AIDS

Lilongwe, 29 March 2007 -- Strategic collaboration among health…
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Dr Sambo urges countries to address TB resistance to medicines

Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) 31 August 2010 – WHO Regional Director for…
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Discrimination and negative attitudes about ageing are bad for your health

29 SEPTEMBER 2016 | GENEVA - New analysis by WHO shows that negative…
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Communities at the heart of the fight against yellow fever in Angola

Huambo is Angola’s second biggest city and the province with the…
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WHO works in the SEOCC with UN agencies and other partners. In this photo are representatives from WFP, CDC, WHO, OCHA and ECHO

Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC)

The mission of the Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination…
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Hepatitis: “It’s closer than you think”

26 July 2012 -- Viral hepatitis kills about one million people…
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Stronger national response is needed to continue the fight against HIV/AIDs, says Dr Sambo

Cape Town/Brazzaville, 11 December 2013 -- The World Health…
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