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Sierra Leone charts bold new path to quality hospital care

Freetown - Sierra Leone has taken a major stride toward transforming the nation’s hospital services with the final validation of its first-ever Nation

Dr. A. Ancia, WHO Representative in Mauritius, emphasizing the importance of the evaluation of NITAG.

WHO supports Mauritius in assessing and empowering the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group

National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) play a critical role in translating

WHO Representative Dr Fabian Ndenzako briefs minister Modise ahead of World Health Assembly

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Botswana, Dr Fabian Ndenzako, held a high-level debriefing session with the Honourable Minister

Stakeholder meeting on the Pandemic Fund proposal

Botswana prepares for the 3rd call for proposals to the Pandemic Fund

In response to the third call for proposals by the Pandemic Fund, an international financing mechanism with a budget of $500 million, Botswana develop

“Yes! We Can End TB!” — WHO Calls for Accelerated Implementation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for the TB Response

“Yes! We Can End TB!” — WHO Calls for Accelerated Implementation of the Multisectoral Accountability Framework for the TB Response

On 24 March 1882, Dr Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB).

Ethiopia Walks the Talk for Healthy Beginnings Amid Global Funding Challenges

Ethiopia Walks the Talk for Healthy Beginnings Amid Global Funding Challenges

Addis Ababa, 5 May 2025 — Ethiopia launched the global commemoration of World Health Day 2025 with a spirited “Walk the Talk” event at the scenic Entoto Park in

Santé maternelle Burundi

Safeguarding the health of mothers and newborns in Burundi

Bujumbura, April 2025 – Burundi had never seen anything like it before: on a Saturday in December 2022, 35-year-old Johari gave birth to six babies.

Figure 1A mother whose child is being vaccinated by a WHO staff as part of the commemoration of the African vaccination Week.png

Ondo State, WHO, partners and caregivers unite to promote vaccination during African Vaccination Week.

Akure, When 30-year-old Ajibola Ibukunoluwa walked into the Comprehensive Health Centre, Isolo in Akure South Local Government Area in Ondo State, she wasn't ju