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WHO team consulting with community members in the affected areas

Communities continues to be a critical partner in containing Hepatitis E Outbreak

The engagement of different cadres of community leaders continues to…
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Speaker of Parliament flags off the cancer day walk as WHO Representative looks on

Uganda commemorates World Cancer Day 2018

The Speaker of Parliament of Uganda, The Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga has…
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Participants during the microplanning workshop

Tanzania prepares to provide vaccination against cervical cancer

Dodoma, 22—24 January 2018: Cervical cancer is the second most common…
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The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob addressing the community of Havana informal settlement while the WHO Country Representative Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses looks on

Namibian Head of State Visits the informal settlements affected by the Hepatitis E outbreak

The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage…
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Participants during the microplanning workshop

Tanzania prepares to provide vaccination against cervical cancer

Dodoma, 22—24 January 2018: Cervical cancer is the second most common…
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The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob addressing the community of Havana informal settlement while the WHO Country Representative Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses looks on

Namibian Head of State Visits the informal settlements affected by the Hepatitis E outbreak

The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage…
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The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage Geingob addressing the community of Havana informal settlement while the WHO Country Representative Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses looks on

Namibian Head of State Visits the informal settlements affected by the Hepatitis E outbreak

The President of the Republic of Namibia, His Excellency Dr Hage…
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Miriam, a community health worker, diagnoses a sick child and provides treatment medicines/ Photo: WHO/C. Kane

Remote Nigeria communities welcome child health programme

Integrated community case management (iCCM) is a cost-effective…
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Poor sanitation and hygiene are factors fueling the Cholera epidemic in Karonga district

WHO urges Karonga District Health Office to intensify Cholera outbreak interventions in identified risk areas of the district

The World Health Organization country office in Malawi conducted an…
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Onchocerciasis, or 'river blindness', is a vector-borne disease spread through the repeated bites of infected blackflies

Advancing neglected tropical disease elimination in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, January 15 2018 --- With support from WHO, Helen Keller…
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