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WHO calls for robust global efforts to end transmission of leprosy infection

WHO calls for robust global efforts to end transmission of leprosy infection

23 September 2016 | Geneva | New Delhi | Beijing − The World Health Organization (WHO) is piloting new approaches to overturn the “slow decline” of new leprosy cases almost 16 y

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Towards improved processes and timelines for review of clinical trials in the African Region

First AVAREF TCC and SC Meetings, held in Kigali, Rwanda, 20–23 September 2016

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WHO hosts Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring, & Evaluation – Operational Research (SM&E-OR) Technical Working Group meeting

September 2016 - The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Uganda hosted the inaugural Malaria Surveillance, Monitoring, & Evaluation – Operational Research (SM&

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Minister of Health, Hon. Chitalu Chilufya flagging off the march at the launch of the national MR vaccination campaign in Lusaka.

More than 6 million Zambian children to be vaccinated against measles and rubella in a nationwide vaccination campaign.

Lusaka,  21 September 2016 - In its continued efforts to improve child health and survival, the Ministry of Health introduced the Measles Rubella vacc

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UN Commission: New investments in global health workforce will create jobs and drive economic growth

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An infant receiving OPV in Maiduguri, Borno State for the first time

Polio outbreak: Nigeria expands scope to stop further transmission

Abuja, 21 September 2016 - The scope of the second polio outbreak response (OBR) to the recently detected wild polio virus type 1 (WPV1) in Borno State has been expanded and dif

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WHO supports MoH to build capacity of medical practitioners and government departments in Medical Certification of cause of Death and ICD Coding

The Ministry of Health and Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) with support from WHO and UNICEF convened a three day training at Paradise Hotel on the Nile, Jinja to adopt the to

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Uganda Ministry of Health launches the National Coordination Committee for Tuberculosis

The Minister of Health, Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng launched the National Coordination Committee (NCC) for Tuberculosis (TB) at the Ministry of Health (MoH) headquarters in Kampala.

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