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As risks of outbreaks grow, African health ministers agree to new response strategy

As risks of outbreaks grow, African health ministers agree to new response strategy

Brazzaville, 21 August 2019 – With an acute public health event…
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Winners of inaugural WHO Innovation Challenge announced

Brazzaville, 19 August – The three winners of the first World Health…
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Neighbouring countries to the Democratic Republic of Congo join forces to halt potential Ebola transmission at their borders

Neighbouring countries to the Democratic Republic of Congo join forces to halt potential Ebola transmission at their borders

Goma, 16 August – Given the massive numbers of people moving across…
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Exercise Management Team conducting onsite training

WHO and partners step up preparedness to Ebola threat in two regions

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
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Burundi launches ebola vaccination campaign for health and front-line workers

Burundi launches ebola vaccination campaign for health and front-line workers

Bujumbura, 14 August 2019 – On 13th August, the Ministry of Public…
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Dr Nonhlanhla Dlamini, WHO Reresentative Malawi speaking to the audience during the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak status in African Region press conference at MOH Headquarters, Lilongwe

WHO and MOH brief Malawian journalists about the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak situation in the African Region

On 13 August 2019 journalists from five media institutions namely;…
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Burundi launches ebola vaccination campaign for health and front-line workers

Burundi launches ebola vaccination campaign for health and front-line workers

Bujumbura, 14 August 2019 – On 13th August, the Ministry of Public…
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Klemmi Norris, who lives with her husband, Lynton, and son, Ynez, in Durban, South Africa, reports that the sugar tax has had a major impact on their lives, both in terms of changing buying behaviour and also because Lynton was laid off from his job in the sugar industry.

South Africa’s sugar tax: Success amid controversy

For 38-year-old Durban mother Klemmi Norris, the price hike that…
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Klemmi Norris, who lives with her husband, Lynton, and son, Ynez, in Durban, South Africa, reports that the sugar tax has had a major impact on their lives, both in terms of changing buying behaviour and also because Lynton was laid off from his job in the sugar industry.

South Africa’s sugar tax: Success amid controversy

For 38-year-old Durban mother Klemmi Norris, the price hike that…
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Participants at the VRAM workshop

Namibia continues to strengthen its emergency preparedness and response

WHO is in the process of supporting the Namibian government…
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