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Minister of Health, Dr Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the delegates during the Joint Review Mission

Uganda's health sector grows despite challenges 

Kampala, 2 November 2018:- The Ministry of Health convened a two day…
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Health and Environment: Shaping a Better Future Together in Africa

Health and Environment: Shaping a Better Future Together in Africa

Aiming to identify emerging environmental threats to people’s health…
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WHO Representative in Uganda, Dr Woldemariam addresses the press at the Uganda Media Center

Uganda Finalizes Plans to Vaccinate Front-line Health Workers against Ebola 

Kampala, 3 November 2018:- Uganda has finalized plans to vaccinate…
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WR in Pietermaritzeburg meeting Minister Motsoaledi and KZN Health MEC Dr Dhlomo

WHO Representative hits the ground running and walks the organization’s talk

Just under three weeks of having landed in South Africa as the new…
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Dr Matshidiso Moeti

Cleaning up Africa’s air would pay for itself in economic gains: Pollution is dragging down the continent’s GDP and harming its children

The beginning of November in Dakar, Senegal, marks the end of the…
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The Minister of Health, Dr. Chitalu Chilufya (centre) with participants at the Fairmount Hotel in Livingstone

Zambia heightens its capacity for preventing and responding to the threat of an outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease

Zambia has been classified by the World Health Organisation to be at…
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WHO enhances Ebola Rapid Response Readiness Capacities in South Sudan

WHO enhances Ebola Rapid Response Readiness Capacities in South Sudan

The World Health Organization is supporting the Ministry of Health of…
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Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole

Nigeria will soon be on the path to eliminating AIDS.

Abuja, 1 November, 2018 - Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor…
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