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Community-based health insurance drives Ethiopia’s bid for universal health coverage

Community-based health insurance drives Ethiopia’s bid for universal health coverage

In late 2019, 68-year-old Meseret Belay, who lives in the Meshwalekiya neighbourhood of Ethiopia’s sprawling capital, Addis Ababa, suffered a severe stroke that left her unable to speak and paralysed on the left side of her body.
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First Doses of the Ebola Vaccine Trial being stocked at the National Medical Store in Kampala, Uganda

Historical record: Ebola trial candidate vaccines arrive in Uganda 79 days after outbreak declared

Kampala, Brazzaville, Geneva, 9 December 2022 – The first doses of one of three candidate vaccines against Sudan ebolavirus arrived in Uganda yesterday.

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Sa’Ada Shekh Abdi

WHO Ethiopia supports access to primary health for displaced persons in drought-affected Somali region

Sa’Ada, 36, was displaced from her home in Gunagado Woreda of Jarar Zone, Somali Region due to drought.

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Dr Amare Workiye WaSH/IPC Officer, sample taking

ECHO supports WaSH services in response to the Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia

According to Ethiopia Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) 2022, the country has been experiencing one of the most severe La Niña- induced droughts in the last decade following the

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COVID-19 burden lessens in Africa, vigilance crucial as year-end season begins

COVID-19 burden lessens in Africa, vigilance crucial as year-end season begins

While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise—the first such sustained increase in four months—underscores the criticality of maintaining vigilance as the end-year holiday seasons sets in.
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The POSE participants

Intensified efforts to maintain a Polio free Eswatini

Eswatini has joined countries like Botswana, Mozambique, and Malawi in intensifying efforts to protect more people from polio.

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Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

To strengthen the capacity of women leaders in the health sector to help deliver a more robust health system in Ghana, World Health Organization (WHO) with support from United Kingdom Government through the Department of Health and Social Care (UK-DHSC) organized a capacity building for women health leaders as part of the Health Workforce Programme.
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Participants of the WAD Commemoration 2022

Eritrea: Commemoration of World AIDS Day 2022

WHO Eritrea joined the World in commemorating World AIDS Day 2022 under the theme “Equalize” at Orotta Conference Hall in Asmara on 1st December 2022.

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