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Group photo of delegates at the launching ceremony

Nurses’ and midwives’ critical role to the provision of health services in the Seychelles strongly articulated at the launching of the “Year of the Nurse and Midwife”

Seychelles 21 February 2020 - Nurses and midwives are the backbone of…
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Coronavirus

Update on Uganda’s preparedness activities on the 2019- Coronavirus outbreak

Kampala, 20 February 2020: – The Ministry of Health working with…
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Dr Freddy Banza

Working with communities to end Ebola

18 February, 2020, Goma - “In some places they threw stones at us,…
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Man smoking a cigarette

Ethiopia passes landmark smoking excise bill

Addis Ababa, 18 February 2020, - The Ethiopian Parliament has passed…
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Ethiopia stepping up readiness for coronavirus disease outbreak

Ethiopia stepping up readiness for coronavirus disease outbreak

Addis Ababa, 17 February 2019 – Home to one of Africa’s…
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Four countries in the African region license vaccine in milestone for Ebola prevention

Four countries in the African region license vaccine in milestone for Ebola prevention

Brazzaville/Geneva 14 February 2020 - The Democratic Republic of the…
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Supporting media to bust harmful myths on coronavirus disease

Supporting media to bust harmful myths on coronavirus disease

Abuja, 13 February 2020 – From eating garlic to gargling with…
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Hon Jane Ruth Aceng

Status of Uganda’s preparedness on the 2019-Coronavirus Outbreak.

Kampala, 12th February 2020: The Ministry of Health Uganda would like…
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Dr Owen Kaluwa, the World Health Organization Representative in South Africa presenting his credentials to the Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Candith Mashego-Dlamini.

New WHO Representative to South Africa, Dr Owen Kaluwa, presents his credentials

Dr Owen Kaluwa, the new World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Republic of Congo steps up polio vaccination in border region

Republic of Congo steps up polio vaccination in border region

Ouesso, (Congo), 11 February 2020 - Under a sultry and showery sky,…
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