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Yemisi Ighodalo, a lab technician at work in the EMLAB mobile laboratory in Freetown, Sierra Leone

Nigerian mobile lab in Sierra Leone: bringing skills learned in one outbreak to another

A Nigerian mobile lab has been operating in Sierra Leone as part of the international effort to help test Ebola samples in the current outbreak.

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L-R: Dr Pierre M'Pele-Kilebou, WHO Representative; Mr Bornwell Kantande UNHCR Deputy Representative; Mr Kazuhiro Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan ; Mr Gatluak Tut Khot, President of Gambella Regional State of Ethiopia; Mr Mohamed Diab, WFP Country Director a.i

Japan announces support to WFP, WHO and UNHCR to assist South Sudanese refugees and Ethiopian host community in Gambella

ADDIS ABABA - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) today thanked the government of Japan for

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Central African Republic: health emergency at a crossroads

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The Minister of Health (3rd left) and WR at the World TB Day

2015 World TB Day: Nigeria unites against tuberculosis.

Abuja, 24 March 2015 - The Federal Government has renewed its commitment towards closing tuberculosis (TB) control gap in Nigeria including ensuring that all currently diagnosed

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Speech of Deputy Director General, RBCMinistry of Health, Father Jean Baptiste Mazarati

World TB Day 2015: No one in Rwanda should be left behind in fight against TB

On 24 March, WHO Rwanda organized World Tuberculosis Day under the theme “Early detection and diagnosis for correct care of tuberculosis for all”.

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Nigeria inaugurates National Laboratory Containment Committee for polio virus.

Abuja, 23 March 2015 - The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has inaugurated the National Laboratory Containment Committee (NLCC) for polio virus.

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Children: the innocent victims of TB in vulnerable communities

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Nigeria commemorates 2015 World Oral Health Day

Nigeria commemorates 2015 World Oral Health Day

Nigeria has organised a week-long programme of activities to celebrate the 2015 World Oral Health Day (WOHD). The activities were kicked off with a press briefing on 16th March 2015 by Nigeria’s National Oral Health Champion, Senator (Dr.) David Mark, who is also the Chairman of Nigeria’s National Assembly and President of Nigeria’s Senate. The press briefing took place at the premises of the National Assembly Complex, Abuja.
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