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Reinforcing expertise in safe and dignified burials during outbreaks

Reinforcing expertise in safe and dignified burials during outbreaks

Dakar – In a milestone for regional public health, Dakar hosted its…
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Participants of the World Patient Safety Day commemorations in Uganda

Health Authorities in Uganda Urge Healthcare Providers to Address Diagnostic Errors on World Patient Safety Day

Ugandan health authorities have issued a strong call to action for…
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Mrs Aina Erastus, WHO, engaging health workers during World Patient Safety Day

Enhancing Quality of Care Through Patient Safety Awareness

Namibia observed the World Patient Safety Day (WPSD) on 17 September…
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A WHO-led assessment to monitor the implementation of the national guidelines on IPC scored three of the five regional hospitals at Intermediate Level.

Safety of patients and healthcare professionals at heart of second national Infection Prevention and Control action plan

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), the evidence-based approach…
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Liberia: Scaling up access to life-saving medical oxygen

Liberia: Scaling up access to life-saving medical oxygen

Tubmanburg – Late one night, 44-year-old Irene Mabande’s four-year-…
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Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

South Sudan: Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

Juba ‒ Cecilia Achuwor, a 38-year-old mother of six children, is one…
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Sénégal : faire des structures de santé des lieux sûrs pour les patients

Senegal: transforming health facilities into safe places for clients

Dakar – ​​​​In Senegal, as in most countries in the African region,…
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Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen, October 9-14, 2023

Eritrea empowered the health workers on Essential care during Labor and Birth (ECL&B), Early Essential Newborn Care, and Safer use of oxygen

Eritrea is one of the first countries in the WHO/AFRO region that…
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks to staff at Julia Molefhe Clinic in Gaborone during his tour of the facility.

Botswana’s investment in primary health care enhances access and quality of health care in the country

During his official visit to Botswana to attend the 73rd Session of…
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Treating the war-wounded in eastern Chad

Treating the war-wounded in eastern Chad

Abeche, Chad – Leaning against the wall in a corridor at the…
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