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Sierra Leone launches Human Papilloma vaccination demonstration project

Cervical cancer is common in women and is responsible for an estimated 530,000 cases and 275,000 deaths yearly globally.

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Sierra Leone Disseminates WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Assessment Report

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Preparations to conduct National Micronutrients Survey

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Meeting participants including (right to left) Dr. Julie Mugabekazi (WHO), Mayor of Nyanza district and Hon.Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho sing the national anthem to kickstart World TB day event Sheila Mburu / WHO

Rwanda commemorates World TB Day

Monday 24th March 2014 was world TB Day. World TB Day was designed to commemorate the discovery of the TB causing bacteria, tuberculosis bacillus by Dr. Robert Koch in 1882.

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Ebola virus disease, Guinea (Situation as of 30 March 2014)

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Countries Urged to Step-up Fight against TB

Today, 24th of March 2014, the African Region joins the global community to commemorate World Tuberculosis Day under the theme - “Reach the three million; Find, Treat, Cure TB”.

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Ebola virus disease in Guinea

23 March 2014 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Guinea has notified WHO of a rapidly evolving outbreak of Ebola virus disease in forested areas south easte

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Nigeria joins the world to commemorate world oral health day

Nigeria joins the world to commemorate world oral health day

The President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the National champion for Oral Senator David Mark has re-echoed the centrality and essence of having healthy mouths at the dual occasion of the  culmination of the 2014 World Oral Health Day and National Oral Health Conference, with the theme ‘Celebrating Healthy Smiles’ in Abuja.
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