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Dr Moeti giving a Public Lecture presentation at the University of Botswana

Dr Moeti focuses on "Transforming Africa's Health: Leaving No-one Behind"

Gaborone, Botswana - 05 October 2017: Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, yesterday delivered a powerful presentation titled “Transform
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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

WHO is rapidly scaling up its response to an outbreak of plague in Madagascar that has spread to the capital and port towns, infecting more than 100 people in just a few weeks.<

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Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

Eritrea - Health Facility Standards Validation Workshop

The WHO Country Office and MOH had organized a validation workshop on health facility standards on 7 September 2017 at the Conference Hall of Nyala Ho

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Panel discussion with Dr Jackson Kioko DMS, Dr Waqo Ejersa, head, malaria programme and Dr Kevin De Cock, CDC country director, during the malaria vaccine pilot launch in April

Planning and roll out for first malaria vaccine implementation in Kenya underway

Planning for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP) in Kenya is on track with roll out of the vaccine scheduled to begin in 2018.

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Dr M Moeti - WHO Regional Director for Africa

WHO Regional Director For Africa Visits Botswana

The Ministry of Health and Wellness will host the World Health Organization's Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, from 3rd - 5th October 2017.
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WHO scales up response to plague in Madagascar

L'OMS intensifie rapidement sa réponse à une épidémie de peste à Madagascar qui s'est diffusée dans la capitale et certaines villes portuaires, infectant plus de 100 personnes en quelques semaines seulement.
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WHO’s Dr Stephane de la Rocque guides participants through the IHR/PVS core competencies matrix

Uganda commits to scaling up collaboration between veterinary health and the public health sector

The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) supported Uganda to design a harmonized, deta

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Teenage girl breastfeeding her newborn baby while WHO Representative, Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses and Mr Thomas Shapumbu, Kunene Regional Health Director looks on

Opuwo Health District will get a Maternity Waiting Home

Expectant mothers in the Kunene region will soon be able to have better access to safe delivery services.

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