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Dr Fiona Braka administering polio drops to a young boy at the NID launching event.

National Immunization Days against Polio Launched in Addis Ababa

Addis Ababa.

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Kenya faces rising burden of diabetes

“I didn't know I had diabetes until I became sick. I went into hospital and was told: ‘Your blood sugar level is way up.’”

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Head of WHO Ebola Response Team Bruce Aylward visits Liberia

14 November 2014 - Monrovia, Liberia.

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Statement from WHO and UNICEF on the Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) express their deep concern about the misinformation circulating in the media on the quality o

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WHO Harare welcomes RD Elect

Harare, 12 Nov.

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Stakeholders at the Workforce Registry Meeting

Nigeria in the Frontline-Council approves first National Health Workforce Registry in Africa

Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November, 2014- The National Council of Health (NCH) for Nigeria has approved both the National Health Workforce Registry(NHWR) Operation Guidelines & Pol

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The Resident Coordinator giving his remarks

WHO hosts 2014 UN Day Celebrations

Harare: 24 October 2014 - In an event that has been described by many as hugely successful, WHO hosted this year’s colourful  UN Day Celebrations at t

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Youth leader ensuring street immunization

Polio Legacy: WHO Partners Youth Groups to Dismantle Security Barriers in Accessing Chronically Missed Children.

Abuja, Nigeria, 12 November 2014 - Since the World Health Assembly at its sixty-fifth session of May 2012 declared Polio Eradication as a Public Health emergency of global signi

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