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It was a mad rush to the airfield. At the back of the jeep, Abi Kebra Belaye and her colleague Shamiso Nyasanu tensely shuffled papers – waybills of…
The rush to deliver cholera vaccines to remote communities…
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Health partners mobilize to meet post-cyclone Kenneth health needs in the Union of the Comoros
Moroni, 7 May 2019 - Category 4 Hurricane Kenneth…
WHO donates emergency trauma kits to the Ministry of…
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On 24 July 2018, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared the end of the ninth outbreak of Ebola virus disease (…
Why I chose to help: A doctor from Guinea on why she…
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4 May 2019, Bafia – With overwhelming grief and respect, Dr Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung, a devoted doctor, epidemiologist, husband and father who…
WHO hero laid to rest
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Fourteen countries set to finalize their Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Annual Plans of Action with guidance from the World Health Organization’s Expanded Special…
Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) encompass 17 bacterial, parasitic and viral diseases that occur solely, or principally in tropical regions.
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.
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18 June 2019
African Hepatitis Summit 2019
The African Hepatitis Summit 2019 is convened by Uganda Ministry of Health and hosted by The National Organization for People Living with Hepatitis B (NOPLHB) on behalf
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Zero tolerance for sexual abuse and fraud
WHO has a zero tolerance policy for Fraud, all forms of harrasment (including sexual), and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA).
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Kinshasa/Butembo (23 May 2019) —With the Ebola epidemic in the…
The newly appointed Representative of the World Health Organization (…
Maiduguri, 22 May 2019 - It started like every other normal day.…
Geneva, 22 May 2019 – Algeria and Argentina have been officially…
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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.
