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Dr Sirak Hailu, WHO Namibia Maternal Health Officer and Focal Point for NCDs, guiding group discussions during the consultation workshop

Cancer Prevention and Control in Namibia

The increasing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is evident…
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WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar

WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar

6 OCTOBER 2017 | ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR - WHO has…
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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in…
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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in…
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Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

The WHO Country Office and MOH had organized a validation workshop on…
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Panel discussion with Dr Jackson Kioko DMS, Dr Waqo Ejersa, head, malaria programme and Dr Kevin De Cock, CDC country director, during the malaria vaccine pilot launch in April

Planning and roll out for first malaria vaccine implementation in Kenya underway

Planning for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in…
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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in…
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WHO’s Dr Stephane de la Rocque guides participants through the IHR/PVS core competencies matrix

Uganda commits to scaling up collaboration between veterinary health and the public health sector

The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the World…
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Teenage girl breastfeeding her newborn baby while WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses and Mr Thomas Shapumbu, Kunene Regional Health Director looks on

Opuwo Health District will get a Maternity Waiting Home

Expectant mothers in the Kunene region will soon be able to have…
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Minister of Health, Uganda, Dr Aceng makes her remarks at the opening of the meeting

Countries commit to scaling-up IDSR to tackle guinea worm disease in Africa

Experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya…
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