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The Governor and Dr Mulombo at the commissioning of first primary healthcare center in Jekadafari ward of Gombe LGA. Photo_Credit: Kingsley Igwebuike/WHO

Bringing primary health services closer to underserved people in Gombe state

Gombe, 1 December, 2022 - The big idea about Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) is that health services should not be a luxury, and everyone, everywhere, shoul

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Asio Sarah, the aunt of Akwii's, cooking meal in her home in Kapelebyong

Managing HIV In The Midst Of A Health Emergency

Akwii Magdalena is a seven-year-old girl enrolled in a primary school class in Kapelebyong District from the Karamoja Region of Uganda.

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Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report

Africa’s advances in maternal, infant mortality face setbacks: WHO report

A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is projected in the African region, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today finds.
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UN staff came together to host a booth to showcase the UN contribution to fighting HIV/AIDS

Tanzania commemorates World AIDS Day

Lindi Region - The World AIDS Day was commemorated nationally in Tanzania on the 1st of December 2022 with calls to end the HIV epidemic by 2030 by equalizing a

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Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Comoros on the path to ending mother-to-child HIV transmission

Nadja* was in the midst of planning her wedding two years ago when she learned that she was HIV-positive.
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World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau.

WHO Ethiopia scales up interventions to respond to gender-based violence in conflict affected regions of Ethiopia

World Health Organization (WHO) has donated a field vehicle and an ambulance to Afar Regional Health Bureau.

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A child waiting to be vaccinated

Malawi expands access to the malaria vaccine

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Malawi launches oral cholera vaccination campaign to contain cholera

Malawi today kicked off oral cholera vaccination reactive campaign targeting 2.9 million people aged one year and above. The reactive campaign is aimed at halting the ongoing transmission and control cholera outbreak that has affected all the 29 districts of the country. The campaign will run from 28 November to 2 December in 13 high burden districts.
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