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New WHO report highlights progress in the fight against severe chronic diseases
New WHO report highlights progress in the fight against severe chronic diseases
Africa faces critical shortage of oral health workers amid rising disease burden
Africa faces critical shortage of oral health workers amid rising disease burden
Cyclone Chido_Mozambique_December_2024
Southern African countries launch climate-resilient health initiative with WHO support
African region’s maternal and newborn mortality declining, but progress still slow
African region’s maternal and newborn mortality declining, but progress still slow

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Congo : sensibiliser efficacement la communauté pour se protéger de la mpox
Congo: Effectively raising community awareness to protect against mpox
Angola takes measures to improve access to safe water and curb cholera
Angola takes measures to improve access to safe water and curb cholera
Congo : des outils innovants pour réduire la mortalité maternelle
Congo: Innovative tools to reduce maternal mortality
Au Sénégal les Badiénou Gox relient les populations aux structures sanitaires
Community approach contributing to maternal health in Senegal

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RDT testing for COVID-19
Southern Africa faces uptick in COVID-19 cases
WHO delivers assorted lifesaving medical supplies to Mayom County in the Greater Unity Region to support flood affected communities.
WHO takes health care services directly to South Sudan’s flood-affected communities in Mayom County
A health worker gives medication to a patient. Kenya has embarked on a extensive evidence-based approach to root out TB
Kenya embarks on new approach to prioritize future TB actions

Multimedia

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Bolstering public awareness to help curb mpox spread in Uganda
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Events

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World Health Day 2025: Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures

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Accreditation of Non-State actors: call for applications to participate in the WHO R...

30 November 2024

Call for applications: Membership of the African Advisory Committee on Health Resear...

19 November 2024

Mpox: Community responses and lessons learned

13 November 2024