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Dignitaries at the launch event for the National Multi-Sectoral Strategy and Costed Action Plan

Gambia Unveils Pioneering Strategy to Confront Escalating Non-Communicable Diseases Crisis

Banjul, The Gambia - In a highly publicized and momentous event, His Excellency President Adama Barrow officially introduced The Gamb

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The fleet of 8 vehicles as part of the WHO EPR Project at WCO premises

WHO’s Emergency Preparedness and Response Projects to roll out in Tanzania

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo declares 14th Ebola outbreak over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the northwest. It was the third outbreak in the province since 2018 and the country’s 14th overall.
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A herder being vaccinated in Manyara Region

Reaching nomadic communities with COVID-19 vaccines in Manyara

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WHO team in a meeting in Nairobi this week to discuss the critical health response necessitated by the drought and food insecurity crisis in Horn of Africa

WHO intensifies response to looming health crisis in the greater Horn of Africa as food insecurity worsens

The health risks in the region are increasing, while access to health care is deteriorating

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At the World Health Day commemoration, the Assistant Minister of Health Sethome Lelatisitswe expressed his concerns that the current global environmental crisis accelerates the already high rate of NCDs in Botswana

Climate change has direct consequences for the key determinants of health

In the African Region, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are set to overtake communicable diseases, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional conditions comb

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Bolstering monkeypox laboratory testing in Africa

Bolstering monkeypox laboratory testing in Africa

With three African countries with no previous history of human monkeypox transmission reporting cases, World Health Organization (WHO) is working with national health authorities in the region to bolster surveillance and laboratory diagnosis to detect cases and deter a silent spread of the virus.
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WHO, Canada, MOH receive the vaccines at the KK International Airport

Zambia receives 4,500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Canada

Today 950,350 doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Zambia.

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