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Namibia Launches MoHSS Strategic Plan and Universal Health Coverage Policy

On 13 October 2025, the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS…
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From 15 Days to 72 Hours: Digital Payments Speed Up Pay for 120,000 Polio Workers in Kenya 

From 15 days to 72 hours: digital payments accelerate compensation for 120 000 health workers in Kenya

Nairobi—For years, frontline health workers in Kenya faced long…
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Namibia Launches MoHSS Strategic Plan and Universal Health Coverage Policy

On 13 October 2025, the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS…
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National poliovirus sequencing capacity enhances Cameroon’s outbreak response 

National poliovirus sequencing capacity enhances Cameroon’s outbreak response 

Yaounde ‒ For the first time ever, a circulating variant poliovirus…
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Ethiopia Introduces Malaria Vaccine to Protect Children and Strengthen Health Systems

Ethiopia Introduces Malaria Vaccine to Protect Children and Strengthen Health Systems

21 October 2025 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Ethiopia has officially…
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Wau Teaching Hospital tour with Health officials

Minister of Health and WHO Representative visit Wau to strengthen Health services in Regional Hub

Wau, WBG State – The Minister of Health, Hon. Sarah Cleto Rial…
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Marta Suffered—But No More Babies Have To: Malaria Vaccine Brings New Hope to Ethiopia’s Children

Marta Suffered—But No More Babies Have To: Malaria Vaccine Brings New Hope to Ethiopia’s Children

In Turmi Woreda, Southern Ethiopia, Bethelhem Kuma vividly remembers…
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Participants analyzing data during the training

Eswatini Strengthens Health Workforce Planning with Evidence-Based Staffing Norms to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage

Mbabane, Kingdom of Eswatini – 20th October 2025 – The Ministry of…
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2024 STEPS Survey in Botswana

What the STEPS Survey Reveals About Health in Botswana

Botswana’s health profile is changing—and not always in ways we would…
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L’épidémie de choléra en recul au Congo

Cholera outbreak declining in Congo

Brazzaville – The cholera outbreak is significantly declining in…
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