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A Health worker hands over a child immunization card to a mother

Routine Yellow Fever Vaccination for Children taking shape in Uganda

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Dr Theo Ntenegi WHO Botswana Case Management Officer presenting an award of completion to a Basic Emergency Care graduate following the Greater Gaborone district training in May 2023

Skilled basic emergency care providers to save lives in Botswana

In continued support to improve Botswana’s emergency preparedness and respons

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Say No to eCigarettes

E-cigarettes ban, a critical tool in Uganda’s battle against tobacco use

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A team from WHO briefs Health Minister Dr. Jane Ruth Aceng

WHO conducts mid-term review of Uganda’s response to TB

Kampala - Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the world's deadliest infectious killers and a growing challenge in Uganda with each day close to 240 people falling

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Dr. Jean-Marie Dangou, WHO Zimbabwe's representative (left), and Dr Abdelrahim Khalid, the GEPI Coordinator for Zimbabwe (middle) and Dr. Tajudeen Oyewale, the UNICEF Zimbabwe Representative

UNICEF and WHO Representatives Visit Henderson Clinic to Ensure Quality of Polio Vaccination Campaign in Zimbabwe

By Tatenda Chimbwanda

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WHO donates Ambulances to reduce maternal deaths in Tanzania

Kigoma Region - In rural areas of Kigoma region in Tanzania, access to quality health services for pregnant women are c

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Imo State Government vaccinates over 3000 missed children in the ‘The Big Catch-Up’ campaign

Owerri, 6 June, 2023 - In 2020, approximately 50,000 children below age one in Imo State, South East Nigeria, missed the uptake of the Pentavalent Vaccine due t

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Nursing students in classroom.

UK  commits £2 million to strengthen health workforce in Nigeria

The World Health Organization welcomes a new funding commitment made by the United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care to support Nigeria in strengthening her health

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