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WHO and UNICEF warn parents against unethical baby milk advertising in South Africa

 

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Helping drug users return to a healthier lifestyle through harm reduction approach

Maiduguri, 28 April. 2025 - Getting medical help to stop using illicit drugs saved my life, said 41-year-old *Aliu Musa from Maiduguri, Borno State.

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Ghana Charts Bold New Path for Health Workforce Transformation

With a health workforce density that has more than doubled in the past two decades — ris

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Rwanda’s Swift Response to the Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak: Exemplary Coordinated Partnerships in Action

In September 2024, Rwanda experienced its first-ever filovirus outbreak of Marburg Virus Dise

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Measles and rubella vaccination campaign protects children in Lunda Norte

Maria da Graça, who live

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The end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda demonstrates WHO’s value in controlling and stopping diseases

The end of Ebola outbreak in Uganda demonstrates WHO’s value in controlling and stopping diseases

Kampala. Uganda has officially declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, which was confirmed on 30 January 2025 by Uganda’s Min

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Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

Uganda declares end of Ebola outbreak

Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak, less than three months after the virus was confirmed in the capital Kampala.
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World Malaria Day: 25 April 2025

World Malaria Day: 25 April 2025

On this occasion of World Malaria Day, we join the global community in reaffirming our commitment to ending malaria. This year’s theme, “Malaria Ends With Us: Reinvest, Reimagine, Reignite” calls for renewed efforts at all levels from global policy to grassroots action to accelerate progress toward malaria elimination.
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