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Flooding has caused massive displacement and increase health risks for affected communities

Sierra Leone to begin cholera vaccination drive in disaster-affected areas

FREETOWN, 5 September 2017 – Half a million people in Sierra Leone…
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Teams of responding partners at the disaster site

Preventing spread of disease in wake of mudslides is vital, says WHO

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 21 August 2017 – The World Health…
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SL Mudeslides responde

Preventing spread of disease in wake of mudslides is vital, says WHO

Freetown, Sierra Leone, 21 August 2017 – The World Health…
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Photo of a nurse attending to Moses while Ebie looks on. The child's health has improved considerably due to the quality of care he received at the hospital

Improving emergency care for sick children

Ebie Williams brings her grandchild, Moses, to the main government…
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A nutritionist does MUAC screening as part of the organisation’s contribution to mark the UN Day

5 places where WHO needs more emergencies funding to help people now

To help people living in some of the world’s most dire emergency…
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Dr Rudi WHO Incident Manager addressing participants

WHO supports a risk assessment/hazard profiling exercise for South Sudan to enhance emergency preparedness and response

Juba, 7 July 2017 – South Sudan has historically faced a double…
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IPM team members dissect a rat suspected of being infected with plague. Photo: Institut Pasteur Madagascar

Plague outbreak in remote Madagascar puzzles investigators

Plague, though terrifying, is nothing new in Madagascar, where around…
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Communities at the heart of the fight against yellow fever in Angola

Huambo is Angola’s second biggest city and the province with the…
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WHO works in the SEOCC with UN agencies and other partners. In this photo are representatives from WFP, CDC, WHO, OCHA and ECHO

Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC)

The mission of the Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination…
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AFRO SHOC Room photo gallery

Above: 01 Gateway to the AFRO SHOC 02 The Main Operations Room 03…
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