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Sustaining efforts to end river blindness disease in Congo

Sustaining efforts to end river blindness disease in Congo

Brazzaville – Onchocerciasis – commonly known as river…
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From Diagnosis to Action – WHO’s Efforts to Strengthen Ghana’s Health Workforce Against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) continue to burden some of the…
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Angola celebrates World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases with the commitment to eradicate guinea worms.

On the day dedicated to Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the…
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Communities organize surveillance against Guinea-worm disease in the DRC

Communities mobilize to end Guinea-worm disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Businga, Democratic Republic of the Congo – Salomon Kosoma, a…
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Over 1 million children benefit from a Mass Drug Administration Campaign in Zimbabwe

Masvingo - From 14 to 21 October 2024, the World Health Organization…
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Field team members during the NTD mapping survey

Tackling Neglected Tropical Diseases: Mapping T. solium Taeniasis in Northern Namibia

During July and August this year, the Ministry of Health, and Social…
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Ward-based Outreach Efforts Target elephantiasis in high burdened districts

Bulawayo – Thirty-six-year-old Siyenkosini Moyo walks into Collen…
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WHO donates medical supplies and medicines for the prevention and treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

WHO donates medical supplies and medicines for the prevention and treatment of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)

Monrovia: The World Health Organization (WHO) on 6th August…
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Participants at the National TB and Leprosy Quarterly Review meeting

WHO supports Uganda TB and Leprosy Program Performance Review

Uganda’s Ministry of Health (MoH), in collaboration with the World…
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 Zimbabwe prepares for ward based mass drug administration for bilharzia, intestinal worms and lymphatic filariasis

Bulawayo - To tackle the prevalent neglected tropical diseases (NTDs…
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