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Launch of the WHO-supported national guidelines for cardiovascular diseases during the World No-Tobacco Day

Kenya launches national cardiovascular disease management guidelines

  Nairobi, Kenya  Kenya marked the World No-Tobacco Day…
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(Seated) Mrs Naomi Muyadeen and Head Nurse Esther Adepoju, Kuchigoro Primary Health Care Centre, Abuja.

Nigeria fights high maternal mortality through improved quality of care 

Abuja, 20 June, 2018 - “There were no signs that the morning of 31…
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Maximising digital health technology to improve quality and patient safety in Africa

Maximising digital health technology to improve quality and patient safety in Africa

Cotonou, Benin 19 June 2018 - The World Health Organization(WHO) has…
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Launching the PrEP Strategy

Zimbabwe reaches One million men with Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision

Last week at a function held in Harare, Zimbabwe celebrated reaching…
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Participants of the workshop

Eritrea developed cervical cancer prevention and control guideline

A consensus building workshop was conducted on cervical cancer…
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Participants of the workshop

Eritrea developed cervical cancer prevention and control guideline

A consensus building workshop was conducted on cervical cancer…
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Judith the midwife donating blood

World Blood Donor Day: South Sudan registers more voluntary unpaid blood donors

Juba 15 June, 2018 – ‘I have witnessed it myself that most of our…
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The response is taking place in some of the most remote areas in Sierra Leone

Measles outbreak confirmed in northern Sierra Leone

Health sector response mounted, including preparations for…
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Returning home after surviving Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Returning home after surviving Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lucien Ambunga, Catholic Priest and Pastor for the remote rural…
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Fusi, an Opthalmic nurse screens communities in Yendi Photo: Ruth McDowall/Sightsavers 2016

Ghana eliminates trachoma, freeing millions from suffering and blindness

13 June 2018 ¦ Brazzaville ¦ Accra ¦ Geneva - The World Health…
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