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The aim of MLM training is to enable immunisation managers at all levels to acquire skills in planning, management, monitoring and evaluation.

October 2016 - The Regional Director’s Independent Advisory Group (IAG) has unanimously commended the Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, for progress made so far in the eff

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• Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.
• In 2015, 10.4 million people fell ill with TB and 1.8 million died from th

The 29th Regional Programme Meeting of the African Region of the World Health Organization (AFRO) opened Wednesday at the Organization's Regional Office in Brazzaville, Congo.

"Move for health." This is the slogan for this year's World Health Day (7 April 2002) celebration whose theme, physical activity, emphasizes the

New York -- United Nations Deputy Secretary General Louise Frechette has called on the international community to help in "addressing the needs of Africa where

Harare -- The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa has developed a strategy aimed at accelerating implementation of the Expanded Programme on Im

After more than two years without the detection of wild polio in Nigeria, the Government reported three laboratory confirmed wild poliovirus type one (WPV1) cases with onset bet