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Launch of the UN-Water Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking-Water

Uganda's Ministry of Health Launches GLAAS 2024/25 Country Survey

The Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World Health…
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Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

South Sudan: Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

Juba ‒ Cecilia Achuwor, a 38-year-old mother of six children, is one…
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Liberia: Scaling up access to life-saving medical oxygen

Liberia: Scaling up access to life-saving medical oxygen

Tubmanburg – Late one night, 44-year-old Irene Mabande’s four-year-…
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Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

South Sudan: Ensuring primary health services for displaced people

Juba ‒ Cecilia Achuwor, a 38-year-old mother of six children, is one…
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African health ministers, partners urge equitable access to critical tools to curb cervical cancer threat

African health ministers, partners urge equitable access to critical tools to curb cervical cancer threat

Brazzaville – Inequitable access to vaccines and high-performance…
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Sample collected from the Glen Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant

Strengthening Polio Surveillance: Risk Assessment following Detection of Circulating Vaccine Derived Poliovirus type 2

Environmental Surveillance (ES) was introduced in August 2022 to…
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First-ever delivery of mpox vaccines in Africa outside of clinical trials arrives in Nigeria 

First-ever delivery of mpox vaccines in Africa outside of clinical trials arrives in Nigeria

Abuja/Brazzaville – Nigeria today received 10 000 doses of mpox…
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Intensifying efforts to end TB

South Africa: Intensifying efforts to end TB

Pretoria – One night in September 2023, 21-year-old university…
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Les visites prénatales améliorent la santé maternelle au Togo

Antenatal visits improve maternal health outcomes in Togo

Sokodé –​​​​ In Togo, the health landscape is characterized by…
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La Guinée Équatoriale intensifie le dépistage pour éradiquer la tuberculose

Equatorial Guinea steps up screening to eradicate tuberculosis

Malabo ‒ Equatorial Guinea has made remarkable progress in its fight…
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