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Partners rally to end tuberculosis in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, 24 March 2017 - On World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, the…
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WHO Representative to Ethiopia, Dr Akpaka A. Kalu delivering a key note address at the 12th National TB Research Annual Conference (TRAC)

Ethiopia Commemorates World TB Day 2017

Addis Ababa, 3 April, 2017 - Ethiopia joined the rest of the world in…
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Parliament of Uganda pledges support towards tackling Malaria in Uganda

Members of the Parliamentary forum on Malaria and those from the…
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Dr Eniola Erinosho (2nd left) and some participants at the workshop in Lagos

Lagos State Unveils First Operational Plan for Viral Hepatitis

Lagos, 24 February 2017 - The Lagos State Ministry of Health is now a…
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Uganda launches the second campaign for universal coverage of long lasting insecticidal nets

Uganda launched the second universal coverage campaign for Long…
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Action towards Elimination: Regional Partnership Striving to Eliminate Neglected Tropical Diseases

Brazzaville, 8 February 2017 - Fourteen countries set to…
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Uganda intensifies battle against HIV/AIDS through the launch and dissemination of consolidated guidelines

The Director General of Health services in Ministry of Health (MoH),…
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Mothers Groups Have Been Trained as Peer Educators on Nutrition

Thousands reached through community health engagement in Sierra Leone

New data released today by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation and…
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Tackling malaria in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has one of the highest burdens of malaria in the world.…
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World Malaria Report 2016

Malaria control vastly improves in Sierra Leone, but collective action needed to ‘tap’ the disease

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE, 13 December 2016 - The World Health…
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