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Dr Abu Bakarr Fofanah, Minister of Health and Sanitation launching the new national five-year strategy and policy for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) in Freetown

New strategy launched to help tackle maternal, child deaths in Sierra Leone

FREETOWN, 6 November 2017 --- Today a new national five-year strategy and a policy for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Ado

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Dr Zabuloni Yoti addressing the Kween District MVD Task-force.

Health Workers urged to Work with Communities to Stop Marburg

Kween District, 4th November 2017 - As the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) continues to unfold in Kween district, eastern Uganda, frontline health workers battling

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Official launch of the minilab kits. From Left to right: Dr. Matthieu Kamwa, WHO Representative a.i,; Honourable Ummy Ally Mwalimu, Minister of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; Mrs Zaina Thabit, Representative of the Ministerial Advisory Board; Mr Hiiti Sillo, Director General, Tanzania, Food and Drug Authority (TFDA) and Mr Yohana Hebroni, Acting Director, laboratory services, TFDA

Strengthening Medicines Quality Control in Tanzania

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WHO helps Kenya guard against Marburg Virus Disease

WHO helps Kenya guard against Marburg Virus Disease

News release

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Training in session

Raising taxes on tobacco: good for health, good for economies

Arusha, 23-26 October 2017: Tobacco use is one of the leading preventable causes of death, killing m

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Meeting participants in a group photo

Bringing the human and animal health sectors closer: The National Bridging Workshop

Dar es Salaam, 16 - 18 October 2017: Human health and animal heal

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Approximately 170 TB treatment centres are established across Sierra Leone

How much do you know about tuberculosis (TB) in Sierra Leone?

Freetown, 2 November 2017 - The WHO

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Team in a group photo during the exhibition

Prevent Road crashes -- Obey the Law – Save lives!

Kilimanjaro, 16 - 23 October 2017: This year, the United Republic

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