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Elizabeth, a 7-year-old girl from Dukwi Refugee Camp in Botswana shows her marked finger after receiving her polio vaccine.

Botswana ran a polio supplementary vaccination campaign

Botswana conducted a two-round polio supplementary vaccination…
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Mr Ben Nangombe, ED of MOHSS, with Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Hisao Nishimaki, WHO Representative, Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esther Muinjangue

WHO, Japan collaborate to address malnutrition in Namibia

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative and the Japanese…
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Launching of the Mauritius National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan 2022-2026 on 23 March 2023 at Cote d'Or Sports Complex

Mauritius launched the first National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan to ensure healthy ageing

Port Louis.  The National Integrated Care for Older…
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Participants at the Diabetes Spotlight meeting

Uganda Casts the Spotlight on Diabetes; Adopts Global Diabetes Targets

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from World Health…
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Mr Ben Nangombe, ED of MOHSS, with Ambassador of Japan, H.E. Hisao Nishimaki, WHO Representative, Dr. Charles Sagoe-Moses and Deputy Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esther Muinjangue

WHO, Japan collaborate to address malnutrition in Namibia

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative and the Japanese…
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Launching of the Mauritius National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan 2022-2026 on 23 March 2023 at Cote d'Or Sports Complex

Mauritius launched the first National Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Strategic and Action Plan to ensure healthy ageing

Port Louis.  The National Integrated Care for Older…
Read more »
Participants at the Diabetes Spotlight meeting

Uganda Casts the Spotlight on Diabetes; Adopts Global Diabetes Targets

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from World Health…
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A laboratory Scientist prepares samples for genome sequencing

Evidence-informed approach to improve DRTB treatment success in Eswatini

Eswatini is a high-burden country for both Tuberculosis (…
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Ngakudzwe getting his hernia repair

Hope Restored: The Power of Free Surgeries in Transforming Lives of Children in Zimbabwe

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Mutare, Zimbabwe – Nine-year old Ngakudzwe,…
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The fight to resist multidrug-resistant TB in Ghana

The fight to resist multidrug-resistant TB in Ghana

Growing up in Ghana’s central region, 22 year old Bridget had a…
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