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Julia Molapisi, the Acting Senior Health Programme Officer in the Ministry of Health and Social Services in the Omaheke region is pictured here with vaccines. The vaccines were packed in vaccine carriers/cold boxes in preparation for Maternal and Child Health days during an outreach programme.

Managing Routine Immunization during a Pandemic

INDHOEK - As the focus shifted towards managing the global Covid-19 pandemic, essential health services such as routine immunization suffered a blow with many children subsequen

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WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda

WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda

In an accelerated effort to scale up response to the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda, World Health Organization (WHO) is delivering medical supplies, providing logistics and deploying staff to support the national authorities in halting the spread of the virus.
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WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

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WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

WHO validates Malawi for eliminating trachoma, first country in southern Africa

World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Malawi as having eliminated trachoma—a bacterial eye infection that can cause irreversible blindness if untreated—as a public health problem. Malawi becomes the first country in southern Africa and the fifth in Africa to achieve this significant milestone.
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WHO field officer killed in South Sudan

Juba, 21 September 2022 – World Health Organization (WHO) expresses its profound shock and sadness at the killing of its polio field surveillance officer in Ben

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Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak 

Uganda declares Ebola Virus Disease outbreak 

The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Ebola Sudan virus was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. 
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South Sudan launches the Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy

South Sudan launched Pharmacy Policy and Strategy

South Sudan launched the Pharmaceutical Policy and Strategy.

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A pharmacist storing drugs

Medicines can heal, but they can also harm

Abuja, 19 September, 2022 - In December 2017, Oluwatayo Akingbile, then 20 years old, understood the harsh implication of using medications without a prescription after losing a

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