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Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Moroni — Nadja* was in the midst of planning her wedding two…
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Asio Sarah, the aunt of Akwii's, cooking meal in her home in Kapelebyong

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Health Emergency

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school…
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Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report

Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report

Brazzaville – A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade…
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World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau.

WHO Ethiopia scales up interventions to respond to gender-based violence in conflict affected regions of Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an…
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A child waiting to be vaccinated

Malawi expands access to the malaria vaccine

Lilongwe, Malawi. The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates…
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Malawi launches oral cholera vaccination campaign to contain cholera

Lilongwe - Malawi today kicked off oral cholera vaccination reactive…
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Malawi launches oral cholera vaccination campaign to contain cholera

Lilongwe - Malawi today kicked off oral cholera vaccination reactive…
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Ensuring a policy framework for healthy ageing in Namibia

The Ministry of Health and Social Services with support from WHO held…
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Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

Rapid response teams bolster Uganda’s Ebola fight

Mubende – First meeting at 8:00am, last one at 7:00pm. In…
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Ethiopian Emergency Medical teams' first deployment provides support to drought-affected areas

Ethiopian Emergency Medical Teams' first deployment provides support to drought-affected areas

The first cohort of WHO-trained emergency medical teams (EMT)…
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