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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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Ethiopia commemorates World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, launches Sector-Specific Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Containment

Ethiopia commemorates World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, launches Sector-Specific Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance Prevention and Containment

Ethiopia is commemorating the 2022 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week…
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Bringing care closer to eliminate cervical cancer

Bringing care closer to eliminate cervical cancer

Conakry – For several years many women across Guinea lacked access to…
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Bringing care closer to eliminate cervical cancer

Bringing care closer to eliminate cervical cancer

Conakry – For several years many women across Guinea lacked access to…
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Monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends to save lives

Monitoring antimicrobial resistance trends to save lives

Kinshasa – Nathalie* looked upon her convalescent baby, hope slowly…
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Guarding against antimicrobial resistance in Liberia

Guarding against antimicrobial resistance in Liberia

Monrovia – Soon after her emergency caesarean section procedure in…
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Lutte contre la Résistance aux antimicrobiens : une affaire de tous !

Lutte contre la Résistance aux antimicrobiens : une affaire de tous !

Abdallah (nom d’emprunt) est un jeune marocain qui a succombé à une…
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Namibia and Angola strengthen cross -border collaboration for disease prevention and control

Health experts from Namibia and Angola gathered in Ondangwa on  …
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WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

WHO steps up support to Uganda’s evolving Ebola outbreak as hope for vaccines increases

Brazzaville/Kampala – As the first doses of candidate vaccines…
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