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Port Louis. “Enn Sel Lepep Conte COVID” (The Whole Nation Together Against COVID) Awareness campaign was launched by the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Dr Hon.

Kigali, 28 May 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) Rwanda Country Office (RCO) launched the fourth WHO Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS). The strategy launched provides a roadmap for WHO support to the Government of Rwanda for the next four years (2021-2024). 

Abuja May 28, 2021- Legislators from the National Assembly, State Houses of Assembly and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) converged at the Transcorp Hilton Abuja from 23-25 May 2021 for the Fourth  Legislative Health Summit. 

Abuja, May 26, 2020 - At Kwali General Hospital Abuja post-natal ward lies Abdul Shuaibu, a 34year old civil servant holding his newly born baby - his second child, on his chest. This is becoming a familiar sight at the hospital in recent times. He was observing the 60-minute skin to skin Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) usually done by mothers.

Abuja, 25 May, 2021 - World Health Organization in Nigeria has concluded a retreat to improve the alignment of staff around the goal of becoming an agile organization that is engaged for transformation and cultural change.

24-26 May 2021, Morogoro: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for widespread illness and disability, and over 70 per cent of all deaths worldwide, killing 41 million people worldwide every year. Key risk factors include unhealthy diets and physical inactivity, increasing the risk of life-threatening conditions such as diabetes and heart disease to men, women, girls, and boys of all income levels. Overall, unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to morbidity and mortality than do unsafe sex, alcohol, drug, and tobacco use combined.

Busoga sub-region in eastern Uganda typifies the social and economic challenges that poor countries are constantly grappling with. Situated in the eastern part of the country and comprising 11 districts with a population of 3,918,500 people, the sub-region is ranked third poorest in the country by the Uganda Bureau of statistics.