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Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hypolite Mandala and his wife, Nadège, were among the first parents to arrive for the measles vaccination at Nzombi Health Centre in Masi Manimba, a village 400 km south of Kinshasa.
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School children showing their yellow fever vaccination cards after receiving the vaccine in Katsina state

Yellow Fever Preventive Mass Vaccination Campaign kicks off in Katsina State, others to follow

Katsina, 9 October 2019 - As part of an effort towards eliminating Yellow Fever epidemics in Nigeria, the Government in collaboration with the World Health Orga

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Dr Mwesha

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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Mr Berhane Gebretnsae, Director General of Medical Services expressing his comments to the researchers

Eritrea: Traditional Medicine Research Dissemination Workshop

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Group photo of the participants of the LF training

Training on WHO triple drug therapy for Lymphatic Filariasis provided in Eritrea

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Honorable Minister of Health Jappie Mhango MP holding the UN Interagency Task Force award for NCD prevention and control

Malawi receives the UN Interagency Task Force award for instituting strategic steps towards the prevention and control NCD

On 23 September 2019, during the United Nations General Assembly high level meeting the Minister of Health, Mr Jappie Mhango, MP received the United Nations Interagency Task Force award because of the commitment demonstrated by Malawi towards the control and prevention of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).The occasion took place at the United Nations building, conference room number 7 in New York. The Non-Communicable Diseases Synergies and Social change at Harvard Medical School was the one that recommended the nomination of Ministry of Health and Population in Malawi after noting the ministry’s leadership in instituting strategic actions towards prevention and control of NCDs.
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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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