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Policy Dialogue Calls for Private Sector Engagement in Tertiary Healthcare Services in Ethiopia.

Policy Dialogue Calls for Private Sector Engagement in Tertiary Healthcare Services in Ethiopia.

The Ethiopia National Center of the Africa Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP), in close collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) a

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Marguerite Mallo Bagaza, Midwife

Marguerite Mallo Bagaza, Midwife

Marguerite Mallo Bagaza, affectionately known as Mama Maguy, is the only state midwife in the Nana Grébizi health district, in the central-north region of the Central African Republic (CAR).
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Namibia health care provider at an outreach point.

Strengthening capacity on implementing Primary Health Care Quality Standards

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) is committed to improving the quality of healthcare services across Namibia.

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Ethiopia Commemorates World Tuberculosis Day with Renewed Resolve: Ministry Applauds WHO's Contribution

Ethiopia Commemorates World Tuberculosis Day with Renewed Resolve: Ministry Applauds WHO's Contribution

Addis Ababa, March 24, 2024

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Entrenching person-centred life-stages care to advance the right to health in Sierra Leone

Entrenching person-centred life-stages care to advance the right to health in Sierra Leone

Twenty-five-year-old Yainkain Sesay is expecting her first child. Before her first antenatal visit to King Harman Maternity and Child Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone’s capital city, she was anxious.
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Meeting the health needs of Malians displaced by security crisis

Meeting the health needs of Malians displaced by security crisis

Sitting holding her newborn in the courtyard of her home, Aissata*, a displaced person in Ménaka city centre, remembers the day she fell ill while pregnant. "My stomach hurt that day, I was weak and I had no appetite. Worst of all, I had no money and my husband was away," she recalls.
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Anna Mdluli

COVID-19 heroes: Older people taking responsibility for their health

​Mbabane ‒ The Kingdom

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WHO South Sudan prepositioned emergency health kits from existing stockpiles in areas adjacent to the Sudan-South Sudan border

Delivering over 50 metric tons of medical supplies to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains in Sudan

The ongoing crisis in Sudan has significantly impeded the ability of the WHO office in Sudan to access and deliver essential emergency medical supplies to the regions of the Blu

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