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Together, Lesotho’s blood donors save lives
Together, Lesotho’s blood donors save lives
WHO, Nigeria’s TY Danjuma Foundation sign agreement to advance health
WHO, Nigeria’s TY Danjuma Foundation sign agreement to advance health
Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi appointed WHO Regional Director for Africa
Professor Mohamed Yakub Janabi appointed WHO Regional Director for Africa
Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV
Botswana leads the way in eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV

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Mali : des comités scolaires pour protéger les jeunes du tabagisme
Mali: School committees to protect youth from smoking
Seychelles accelerates response to rising rates of obesity
Seychelles accelerates response to rising rates of obesity
Horn of Africa health ministers commit to bolster polio eradication efforts
Horn of Africa health ministers commit to bolster polio eradication efforts
Fighting cholera in the front lines of Angola’s hardest hit provinces
Fighting cholera in the front lines of Angola’s hardest hit provinces

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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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Events

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2nd International Conference on PEN-Plus in Africa (ICPPA 2025)

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The Mwele Malecela Mentorship Programme – Cohort II

23 January 2025

Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO R...

30 November 2024

Mpox: Community responses and lessons learned

13 November 2024