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WHO advises on Checking Harmful, Counterfeit, Substandard Medicines in Africa

Addis Ababa, 28 August 2006-- African countries have been urged to establish or strengthen their medicines regulatory authorities (MRAs) with a view to checking

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Prime Minister Meles Zenawi opens WHO meeting

Prime Minister Meles Zenawi opens WHO meeting, proposes measures to tackle health worker shortage in Africa

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Accelerating HIV Prevention in the African Region

Addis Ababa, 28 August 2006-- The “alarming trend in HIV incidence” in the African Region calls for urgent measures to further control the progress of the epide

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Ethiopia to host Fifty-sixth Session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa

Addis Ababa, 22 August 2006-- The fifty-sixth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa will be held from 28 August to 1 Sept

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WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination promises to do more for African countries

Luanda, 5 August 2006 -- The WHO Goodwill Ambassador for the Leprosy Elimination, Mr.

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Auwalu Ibrahim and son Ahmed

Disease surveillance as cure - Overcoming concealment in Bauchi State

24 July 2006 -- The faint mark on the wall showing that no child in the house was eligible for polio vaccination was misleading.

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Hajia Samira Yusuf Bako

Signs of the end - Hope for Polio Eradication in Taraba state, North-East Nigeria

24 July 2006 -- Sardauna Local Government Area (LGA), home of the Mambilla Plateau – famous for its unique settlers, steep inclines, lush vegetation and temperate weather, is on

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Emir of Ringim, Alhaji Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmood

Emirs as catalysts in immunization drive

24 July 2006 - Alhaji Sayyadi Abubakar Mahmood, the 75-year old Emir of Ringim, is leading by example in Jigawa State, monitoring immunization activities in over 60 villages and

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