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A mother and her child after vaccination

Uganda introduces life-saving yellow fever vaccine into routine immunization programme

The Ministry of Health will vaccinate over 1.9 million children…
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Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

Dr Gift Sten Chinomba, Medical doctor

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Mr. Joel Maybury, the U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission

Liberia officially closes the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) survivors- Men’s Health Screening Program

Monrovia, 14th March 2023: The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak…
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Training of legislators on optimizing use of various legal tools to securing tobacco control and prevention of other NCD risk factors in Mauritius, March 2023

Training of legislators and advisors by WHO in Mauritius on use of various legal tools to strengthen tobacco control and reduce NCD risk factors

Legal advisors and judicial officers from Botswana, Eswatini,…
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Southern African countries call for urgent action against cholera, climate-related health emergencies

Southern African countries call for urgent action against cholera, climate-related health emergencies

Lilongwe – Ministers of Health and Water and Sanitation and…
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children getting vaccinated

Reaching communities at risk of measles with vaccination

By Vivian Mugarisi Masvingo, Zimbabwe – Mwenezi Ward 10…
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Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa

Brazzaville – As weekly cholera cases in the affected African…
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His Excellency Honorable Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care (MoHCC), Dr C.D.G.N Chiwenga in Grey

Zimbabwe launches Health Resilience Fund and Strategic Frameworks to bolster Universal Health Coverage

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe – Universal Health Coverage (…
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In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence

Bujumbura – Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she…
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive

Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022…
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