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WHO and Katyavala Bwila University hold scientific conference in Benguela

Benguela – The Faculty of Medicine of Katyavala Bwila University (…
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2024 STEPS Survey in Botswana

What the STEPS survey reveals about health in Botswana

Gaborone—Botswana’s health profile is changing—and not always in ways…
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Launch of the RCCE Strategy

Namibia Launches Year-Long Campaign to Commemorate World Health Day

On April 7, 2025, in Katima Mulilo, Zambezi region, Namibia launched…
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Au Sénégal les Badiénou Gox relient les populations aux structures sanitaires

Community approach contributing to maternal health in Senegal

Dakar – Ndèye, 29, mother of three children and living in Guédiawaye…
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Officials of WHO, NDOH and partners during a field visit to the Winnie Mandela Healthcare Center in Tembisa, Johannesburg.

Leaving no one behind: WHO and South Africa advance health and migration agenda

In a landmark collaboration to promote health equity for mobile and…
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From left: Faridun Nazriev (External Relations Officer), Stéphanie Seydoux (Director-General’s Envoy for Multilateral Affairs), Shenaaz EL-Halabi, (WHO South Africa Country Representative) and Jose Sambo (Protocol Officer) at the meeting in Johannesburg.

WHO participates in the first G20 foreign ministers’ meeting

Johannesburg - WHO participated in the First G20 Foreign Ministers’…
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Dr Anna Jonas, Regional Director for the Erongo Health Directorate with the team for WHO and MOHSS delibrating on the RCEE plan on mpox

Namibia is developing a risk communication plan as part of its preparedness efforts for mpox

The escalating mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Uganda Commits to Investing in Community Health Workers to Advance Primary Health Care and Promote Community Well-being.

Kampala, 18 October 2024 – Health Authorities in Uganda have…
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Dr Richard Banda, WHO Representative to Namibia

Namibia Joins the World in Addressing Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Every year on 10 October, the global community observe World Mental…
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Namibia media training on universal health coverage

Empowering health journalism in Namibia: A Workshop on Universal Health Coverage and Public Health Reporting

The World Health Organization (WHO) in partnership with the…
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