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WHO, UNHCR and UNICEF conduct 2nd joint field visit to Mahama Refugee camp in Rwanda to monitor the on-going Typhoid Fever control measures

Visit and water testing at water point
11 February 2016

WHO and Ministry of Health conduct mass drug administration against river blindness in South Sudan

Community drug distributors and WHO staff with poles they use to measure the height of participants during a mass drug administration. Height is used to determine the proper treatment dosage for participants. e.g. an individual who is above 158 cm, which has the number 4, would receive four doses of ivermectin
10 February 2016

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