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World AIDS Day activities

To mark World Aids Day 2015, the Ministry of Health, through the CCS-AIDS (Coordinating Committee for the Combat against AIDS), held the main event of the day at the National As

WHO calls on countries to eliminate rabies

WHO calls on countries to eliminate rabies

10 December 2015 -- Currently, about 80% of people exposed to rabies live in poor, rural areas of Africa and Asia with no access to prompt treatment.

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Induction programme for newly recruited staff ends in Abuja.

Abuja, 10 December 2015 - The induction programmed for newly recruited staff into the World Health Organization, Nigeria Country office, a new WHO African Region (AFRO) initiati

WHO joins international calls to invest more in defeating human rabies transmitted by dogs

WHO joins international calls to invest more in defeating human rabies transmitted by dogs

28 September 2015 - The World Health Organization (WHO), The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OI

The WHO Representative, Dr. Rufaro Chatora handing over an ECG machine to the Chief Medical Office

The World Health Organization Provides Equipment And Vehicles To Strengthen Disease Surveillance, Nutrition And Maternal And Child Health Care Services

Dar es Salaam, 10 December 2015 - The WHO Tanzania country office provided the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare equipment to str

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First lady of Uganda hosts and launches the South Western regional launch of the EMTCT campaign in Kiruhura district

The First Lady of Uganda, Hon.

New report signals country progress in the path to malaria elimination

Declaration of Dr. Mohammed Belhocine, head of WHO country office, to mark the end of Ebola Outbreak in Guinea.

Conakry, 2015, Décember 29 - Today, the 29th of December, it’s been forty-two days since the newborn and last confirmed case of Ebola, was released cured f