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From one Ebola front line to another in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Dr Didier Mwesha, WHO Infection Prevention and Control Expert

As Didier Mwesha passed his one-year anniversary on the front lines of the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the numbers were climbing still. As of mid-June 2019, there were some 2071 Ebola virus disease cases in the 12-month period of the tenth outbreak, with 1396 of them having passed away. And Uganda had just confirmed an outbreak at the shared border. 
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WHO staff in the community listening to local population

Angola conducts review and validation of data on Neglected Tropical Diseases

Luanda, October 9, 2019 - The Angolan Ministry of Health, with technical support from WHO, carried out a data review and validation of five key Neglected Tropic

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Dr. Djamila Cabral WHO Representative in Mozambique

WHO Mozambique thanks donors for supporting health access to 1 million people in cyclone-affected areas from acute to recovery phases

MAPUTO – 8 October 2019 As the health response to cyclones Idai and Kenneth transition into the recovery phase, WHO would like to acknowledge and thank the dono

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The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth Aceng addressing health workers at the orientation meeting

National Supervisors oriented on the upcoming National Vaccination Campaign against Measles-Rubella–Polio disease

Kampala, 8th October 2019: - Uganda will conduct an age-wide national Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign (MR Campaign) from the 16th-20th October targeting children older than

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Ms. Oninye Iromba receiving an award at the NMSAP launch

WHO and Nigerian Government move to curb cardiovascular diseases

Abuja, October 7, 2019 - “My life has not been the same.

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The future of public health response is here: WHO summit explains the lives it will save

The future of public health response is here: WHO summit explains the lives it will save

It was the tenth outbreak for its neighbour, but it was the closest that Ebola virus disease had come to Uganda since 2012. When the first cases were reported in north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in August 2018, only 200 km from their shared border, Uganda health authorities braced with concern.
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Kasereka Miyisa Jophet is an Ebola survivor from Butembo. Credit: UNEERO/Martine Perret

1000 Ebola survivors in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Nations agencies working to stop the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo commend the Government's strong leadership and the tireless efforts of thousands of health workers and partners that have led to 1000 people surviving the disease. 
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A child receiving fIPV in Talatan Mafara LGA of Zamfara State, Nigeria

Over 51 million children reached in National Immunization campaigns

Abuja, 4 October, 2019 - In a bid to bolster immunity of eligible children, the Federal Government of Nigeria supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) a

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