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Bolstering Africa’s health emergency readiness and response

Bolstering Africa’s health emergency readiness and response

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in partnership with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, West African Health Organization, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UK Health Security Agency, Robert Koch Institute and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation today kicked off the region’s largest public health emergency operation centre (PHEOC) simulation exercise to step up readiness to respond to public health emergencies, with 36 countries taking part in the two-day functional exercise.
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Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

To strengthen the capacity of women leaders in the health sector to help deliver a more robust health system in Ghana, World Health Organization (WHO) with support from United Kingdom Government through the Department of Health and Social Care (UK-DHSC) organized a capacity building for women health leaders as part of the Health Workforce Programme.
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Providing critical health and hygiene services to Mozambique’s conflict-affected communities

Providing critical health and hygiene services to Mozambique’s conflict-affected communities

Celestina Ceverano lives in Ntocota, a village in Metuge District in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado Province, which has been ravaged by armed violence since October 2017.
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Honorable Othman Masoud, the First Vice President of Zanzibar, giving polio vaccine drops

Zanzibar successfully rolls out final round of polio vaccines

Zanzibar - In a bid to maximize protection of the population from outbreaks using scarce resources, Zanzibar has successfully piggy

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South Sudan develops the next health sector strategic plan 2023-2027

South Sudan develops the next Health Sector Strategic Plan 2023-2027

2 December 2022, Juba - Strategic and operational planning are important for translating the National Health Policy Vision and Goals into actionable interventio

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Une vue partielle du site de déplacés internes de Kikumbe dans la zone de santé de Nyemba, au nord de Kalemie, Province du Tanganyika

En RDC, les populations déplacées internes du Tanganyika bénéficient de la vaccination contre la COVID-19 grâce au financement de l’Union européenne

Dans la province du Tanganyika, dans le sud-est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), les conflits intercommunautaires et les attaques de groupes armés ont forcé plus de

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Accelerating efforts to combat Neglected Tropical Diseases in Liberia

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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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