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Health worker administering malaria drug to an eligible child during the 3rd round SMC campaign at El-Miskin camp in Jere LGA.

WHO deploys nearly 4,000 volunteers to tackle malaria in Borno and Adamawa States

Maiduguri, 26 September 2018 - Determined to reverse the scourge of the malaria burden in North East Nigeria, World Health Organization (WHO) has deployed nearl

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WHO scales up new front against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Uganda

WHO scales up new front against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, near the border with Uganda

BENI, Nord Kivu Province, 25 September 2018 (WHO) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is working in close coordination with the Ministry of Health and with th

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The Republic of Congo to vaccinate more than one million people against yellow fever

The Republic of Congo to vaccinate more than one million people against yellow fever

The Republic of Congo launches campaign to vaccinate more than 1 million people against yellow fever, with the support of WHO.
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Mrs. Victoria Katawera Nyanzi, WHO-Liberia NCDs Technical Officer, making remarks during the National Cancer Policy validation workshop in Monrovia

Liberia Ministry of Health and Partners Validate National Cancer Policy

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WHO National Epidemiologist sensitizing the Community Health Volunteers on the IDSR priority diseases and conditions, Gbarpolu County

WHO Supports Training of 450 Community Health Volunteers to Enhance Community Case Detection

A WHO Epidemiologist sensitizing community health volunteers on the IDSR priority disease and conditions

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Participants at the health facility workers training in Anambra State

WHO empowers over 800 health care workers in Anambra on integrated disease surveillance

 Awka, 22 September 2018 - In a bid to scale up Integrated Diseases Surveillance and Response (IDSR) capacities, World Health Organization (WHO) in collabo

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Dr Moeti leads WHO AFR delegation to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly

Dr Moeti leads WHO AFR delegation to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly

The Regional Director Dr Moeti will lead a WHO AFR delegation to the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly which takes place in New York from 23–28 September 2018.
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Joint Polio campaign Launch at Garisa, Kenya on Sept 14 2018

Countries from IGAD team up to end polio: The three Ministers of Health jointly launch to vaccinate about six million under five children.

Addis Ababa, 19, September 2018: Four countries from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) signed a communique on polio eradication in Garissa, Kenya on 14th September 2018. The communique underscored the need to combine and strengthen the effort of Horn of Africa countries currently responding to an outbreak of poliovirus detected in environmental surveillance and human case samples from Somalia and Kenya. The polio outbreak has been classified as a Grade 2 Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The detection of poliovirus in these two IGAD countries leaves the remaining five IGAD member states (Ethiopia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda and Djibouti) at high risk for similar outbreaks due to population movement.
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