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His Worship Mr K Thutlwe (Mayor of Gaborone City - left) in a discussion with Dr M Ovberedjo (WHO Representative)

The WHO Representative meets the Mayor of Gaborone on Health Partnership

Gaborone, Botswana - 14 May 2019: His Worship Mayor of Gaborone City Mr Kagiso Thutlwe welcomed WR Dr Martins Ovberedjo and Mr Gaborone to his Office and thanke

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Priority country participants, partners and WHO officials at the meeting

WHO builds capacity of Priority Countries to use Early Warning, Alert and Response and Go.Data tools in Disease Outbreak Response

Entebbe 14th May 2019: The World Health Organization (WHO) is conducting a five-day orientation training to build the capacity of participants from priority cou

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From left - Dr A Madigele (Minister of Health and Wellness), Dr M Ovberedjo (WHO Representative) and Ms R Maphorisa (Permanent Secreatry in the Ministry of Health and Well)

Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) Delegation to the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) Receives Pre-departure briefing from WHO

Gaborone, Botswana - 13 May 2019: Members of the Botswana delegation to the 72nd World Health Assembly (WHA) received pre-departure briefing from WHO at the Min

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Ebel Diogo, Director of a local NGO, Empowering Mozambique

Reconstructing and finding the inner strength of Beira – The profound role of technology following Cyclone Idai

9 May 2019, Beira – In an era of intensified natural disasters and catastrophic impact, communities in Africa are discovering that taking care of themselves and

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 Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative in Mauritius, Hon. Mr Stephan Toussaint, Minister of Youth and Sports and Lord Mayor of Port Louis, Mr Daniel Laurent ready to start the cycling trip in view of promoting health and road safety as well as environment protection

Promoting Cycling for Health, Environment Protection and Road Safety

All were set for the members of the public present at Roche Bois Youth Centre to start the road cycling activity ‘Pédaler en toute securité', organized by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders on 13 May 2019.  The objectives of the activity were to encourage the population to practice cycling on a regular basis as a leisure activity and for physical fitness.  It also aimed at creating public awareness on road safety and cycling as a safe and healthy form of transportation.   Hon. Mr Stephan Toussaint, Minister of Youth and Sports, Lord Mayor of Port Louis, Mr Daniel Laurent and Dr Laurent Musango, WHO Representative in Mauritius, all dressed in sports-wear and on their bike, started the cycling trip from Roche Bois Youth Centre to City Centre in  Port Louis.  People from different age groups responded positively to the invitation and cycled some 14 kilometres in the streets of Port Louis.
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US Amb in a group photo with Hon Minister of Health, WHO Rep, CDC Country Director and other senior officials

The US Ambassador to South Sudan and Hon Minister of Health visit Ebola Vaccination site in Juba

Juba, 8 May 2019 – Alice Baku (not real name) a clinician at the Juba teaching hospital said “I am glad I was vaccinated against Ebola Virus disease because pre

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The rush to deliver cholera vaccines to remote communities in Zimbabwe

The rush to deliver cholera vaccines to remote communities in Zimbabwe

It was a mad rush to the airfield. At the back of the jeep, Abi Kebra Belaye and her colleague Shamiso Nyasanu tensely shuffled papers – waybills of vaccines and other essential medical materials that needed to be dropped by helicopter in north-east Zimbabwe.
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MoHW personnel getting a feel of the interactive equipment at the MoHW Headquarters

New interactive technology for real time surveillance quality improvement adopted by Botswana

Gaborone, Botswana – 10 May 2019: The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO), as part of its effort to support member countries to prov

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