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DPC making a statement during World TB Day

The Gambia Commemorates World Tuberculosis Day 2016

The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOH&SW) in the Gambia…
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The Minister of Health (2nd right), WR (2nd left) and other dignitaries at the 2016 World TB Day in Abuja

Nigeria marks World Tuberculosis Day with a clarion call to “Unite to End TB”

Abuja, 24 March 2016 - Nigeria joins the rest of the world to…
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Dr Sambo pleads: “Let’s Join Forces to Stop TB in our Lifetime”

World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis…
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Guinea: Two (2) confirmed Ebola cases in Koropara village in Nzérékoré

Guinea, (Nzérékoré), 18 March 2016 - Two cases of the Ebola Virus…
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Engaging communities along the Duma river

Engaging communities to tackle cholera in Tanzania

Simiyu Region, January 2016 - Simiyu is among the 22 regions in…
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Ministers pledge to improve access to vaccines at first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa

Addis Ababa, 25 February 2016 – With one in five African children…
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Ministers pledge to improve access to vaccines at first-ever Ministerial Conference on Immunization in Africa

Addis Ababa, 25 February 2016 – With one in five African children…
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Nigeria: WHO Field volunteers assisting during meningitis vaccination

Meningitis A nearly eliminated in Africa through vaccination, reaching more than 235 million people

Officials at Addis conference plan transition from mass campaigns to…
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A South Sudanese boy examins a cloth filter The Carter Center

Former President Jimmy Carter to address British parliament on dracunculiasis eradication

23 September 2016 | Geneva | New Delhi | Beijing − The World Health…
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Dr Moeti urges vigilance amid spread of Zika virus

Brazzaville, 4 February 2016 - Countries from the WHO African Region…
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