Brazzaville, July 19, 2019 – As the Global Vaccine Action Plan GVAP) 2011-2020 nears its conclusion in 2020, a regional consultation was held…
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Alloya, a town serving a gold mining district in North Kivu is a town that understands trade and business. It is also a town with deep mistrust of…
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Brazzaville, 15 July 2019 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is scaling up operations in Burkina Faso in response to a…
WHO scales up activities in Burkina Faso in response to…
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Cape Town, South Africa. 5 July 2019 - The official launch in 2017 by South Africa’s former Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, of two new national…
Civil society’s critical role in new face of cancer care in…
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Key Facts
Plague is caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, a zoonotic bacteria usually found in small mammals and their fleas.
People infected with…
Poverty is associated with the undermining of a range of key human attributes, including health.
Human African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, is a widespread tropical disease that can be fatal if not treated.
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Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the WHO Africa Region…
Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa…
Abuja, 19 July, 2019 - As the rainy season reaches its peak, the…
Alloya, a town serving a gold mining district in North Kivu is a town…
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Hand hygiene in Ebola care facilities
Survivors in Limbo
Stepping up the fight against Ebola in Western Sierra Leone
field report from Koinadugu, Sierra Leone
Sustainable Development Goals
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17 goals with 169 targets that all 191 UN Member States have agreed to try to achieve by the year 2030.
