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Sierra Leone Launches First African Vaccination Week

Sierra Leone launched the first African Vaccination Week (AVW) on 23rd May to strengthen national immunization programmes and improve knowledge among parents and caregivers abou

Executive Representative of the UN Secretary General Visits WHO Country Office

The Executive Representative of the UN Secretary General (ERSG) in Sierra Leone, Mr Michael Von-der Schulenburg made a working visit to the WHO Country Office on 19 May 2011.

Ministerial Communique on the Occasion of the Ministerial Meeting on Cross-Border Public Health Issues: Lusaka, Zambia 17-18 March, 2011

Lusaka, 18 March 2011 -- Recognizing the need to strengthen cross-border cooperation for effective disease surveillance and containment and in line w

7th Polio Technical Advisory Group Meeting opens in Lusaka

Lusaka, 16 March 2011 -- The 7th Polio Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting for Angola, Congo and Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia and Zambia is tak

A briefing to MPH students of Muhimbili University of Health Sciences on WHO, International agencies and Global Health by Dr. Rufaro Chatora, WR Tanzania, 17th May 2011

In response to a request from the Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences (MUHAS), Dr.

How some effects of modernization fuel noncommunicable diseases in Africa

Brazzaville, 17 May 2011-- As Ministers of Health of the WHO African Region gathered in Brazzaville on 6 April 2011 for their first ever

The visit of Dr. Rufaro Chatora, WR Tanzania to Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries 16th May 2011

WR Tanzania Dr. Rufaro Chatora accompanied by three WCO Programme Officers made a visit to the Ministry of Livestock Development and Fisheries.

Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly opens in Geneva on Monday 16th May

Brazzaville, 16 May 2011 -- The sixty-fourth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) opens on Monday 16 May 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland.