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In-depth discussion and brainstorming session with key stakeholders

WHO scales up emergency response to reach displaced vulnerable populations in north-east Nigeria

Maiduguri, 15 February, 2023 - Raising from the recently concluded 12th Joint Operations Review (JOR) on humanitarian support in the northeast, the World Health

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Dr Nonhlanhla Dlamini delivering a keynote address at the World NTD Day commemoration in Jimma on 29 January 2023

Ethiopia commemorates World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day with the resonating call to accelerate action to end the needless suffering of the most vulnerable

On 29 and 30 January 2023, government health officials and partners came together in Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, to commemorate World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Day in a t

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Centre Universitaire Hospitalier of Brazzaville

The Government of Japan commits more than half a million dollars to strengthen Surgical, Obstetric and Anaesthesia Care Services in Zimbabwe

                                                                           

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Baba Safejo Amogbon with the vaccinators in front of his compound

In Nigeria, stakeholders  are not lowering their guards against all  forms of poliovirus

Lagos – 14 February 2023 - Alhaji Safejo Amogbon (fondly called Baba – Father in the Yoruba language) is an octogenarian (89 years).

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Opening ceremony of the IMCI meeting

Health experts from 17 African countries meet to take stock of health and well-being of children

Arusha - Africa must rapidly accelerate efforts to improve access to, and the quality of health services for chil

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Vaccination team taking commodities to hard to reach riverine area in Bayelsa State

Prevention is better than cure – Bayelsa state vaccinates residents against Yellow fever 

Yenagoa, 14 February, 2023 - It was between 11 am and noon on a recent Wednesday when health workers with their Geostyle boxes filled with the Yellow fever (YF)

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WHO Representative (left) making the symbolic handing over of the consignment to the Minister of Health and Sanitation

WHO Provides medical supplies to Bo Government Regional Hospital following mass casualty incident

Bo, 13 February 2023 – The World Health Organization Country Office in Sierra Leone has swiftly responded to a call by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation to replenish medical supplies at the Bo Government Regional Hospital following an emergency response by the hospital team to a mass casualty incident that depleted the routine stockpile of medical supplies of the hospital.
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Opening ceremony of the AVoHC-SURGE training

WHO (SURGE) training for emergency responders kicks off in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam - In a bid to strengthen capacity for crisis preparedness and response in the African continent, the World Health Organization is collaborati

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