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Bujubuli Health Centre Strives to offer the Best Health Services to Refugees in Kyaka II

On a humid morning with soaring temperature, Rogers Kusemererwa, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo who has been in Kyaaka II Refugee Settlement since 2008 goes abo

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Health Minister Jean-Paul Adam adressing African Health Forum on UHC

Seychelles experiences on Universal Health Coverage shared at 2nd WHO African Health Forum, Cabo Verde

Victoria, Seychelles, 29 March 2019 <

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In Madagascar, mothers show grit to protect their children as government, partners battle measles epidemic

Madera is not a trained health worker but she is waging her own personal “mother’s campaign” to encourage other women to vaccinate their children against measles in Madagascar.
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One of the groups drafting a component of the strategy

Botswana develops first ever multi-sectoral Tobacco Control Strategy

Gaborone, Botswana - 18-22 March 2019: The Ministry of Health and Wellness convened tobacco control stakeholders in Gaborone to develop a first ever national mu

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WHO Africa Health Forum closes with a road map to achieving universal health coverage and health security

WHO Africa Health Forum closes with a road map to achieving universal health coverage and health security

The second World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa Health Forum culminated today with a road map that governments in the region as well as partners should urgently implement to manage and mitigate Africa’s health needs. 
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WHO Representative Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam hands the MOU to the Dean of MUSPH Dr Rhoda Wanyenze

WHO and Makerere University School of Public Health to collaborate on health research and training of health professionals

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Makerere University School of Public Health (MUSPH) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to intensify collaboration on health research, health worker capacity building and community service.
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Healh workers receive members of the public for TB screening during the commemoration

Minister of Health calls for accelerated action to end tuberculosis deaths

Uganda commemorated World Tuberculosis Day under the theme, "It Is Time for Uganda to End TB”, and the slogan, “It Starts With Me" at a national function at Ruhama sub-county grounds in Ntungamo District.
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Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO

Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO

Nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to diseases afflicting people in the African Region, according to a new report by the WHO Regional Office for Africa. This amounts to a yearly loss of over $ 2.4 trillion of the region's gross domestic product.
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