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The mobile medical team reaching the vulnerable population in Movolo. Photo WHO.

WHO’s emergency mobile medical teams provide lifesaving health services in famine-affected and hard-to-reach areas of South Sudan

26 September 2017, Juba – WHO’s emergency medical mobile teams are providing lifesaving health services to alleviate the myriad of public health challenges

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Left to right: Ms. Cunningham (USAID), Dr, Aceng (Minster of Health), Ms Girma (UNICEF) and Dr. Nanyunja (WHO)

Uganda hosts Inter-agency meeting on Neonatal health for Eastern and Southern Africa

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO-AFRO) in collaboration with United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) and United

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Tackling the common health challenges of African Small Island Developing States

Tackling the common health challenges faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the WHO African Region will be the focus of a three day high-level meeting in Victoria, Seychelles from 26-29 September 2017.
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Minister of Health, Uganda, Dr Aceng makes her remarks at the opening of the meeting

Countries commit to scaling-up IDSR to tackle guinea worm disease in Africa

Experts from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Uganda convened in Entebbe, Uganda, to identify and discuss oppo

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Participants from 47 countries and development partners

WHO scales up implementation of integrated disease surveillance tools in Africa

The World Health Organization Health Emergencies program (WHE) will revitalize the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Taskforce that

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The landslide which started in Regent devastated homes, communities and waterways along its path

Mitigating health risks in the wake of disaster

FREETOWN, September 21 2017 --- On the morning of 14th August 2017, people in Sierra Leone awoke to tragic news.

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Diane Irakoze a écouté avec attention les conseils pour bien utiliser sa moustiquaire

Campagne nationale de distribution de moustiquaires imprégnées : un engouement certain

A jour 3, la campagne prévue pour durer 5 jours se déroule comme prévue.

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His Excellency Ambassador Alan Hamson hands the bunch of keys for the maternity complexes to the Honorable Minister Dr Riek Gai Kok. Photo WHO

WHO with funding from the Government of Canada inaugurates newly constructed maternity complexes in Awiel and Kuajok

19 September 2017, Juba – As part of its efforts to ensure the delivery and u

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