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Participants of AVW donating blood during the launching as one of live saving activities

Ethiopia launched the 6th African Vaccination Week

May 18, 2016: The 6th African Vaccination Week has been officially launched in Ethiopia, in Assosa town of Benishangul Gumuz region.

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WHO confirms Zika virus strain imported from the Americas to Cabo Verde

Sequencing of the virus in Cabo Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar confirms that the Zika virus currently circulating in Cabo Verde is the same as the one circulating in the Ameri

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Mrs Ban Soon-taek (centre), together with senior Government officials and WLO at the Seychelles hospital

UN Secretary General Mr Ban Ki-moon on official visit in Seychelles

Victoria, Seychelles 19 May 2016 - The Seychelles islands have welcomed Mr Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary General on a two day historical visit in the country from the 7th to the

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Risk Profiling to Assure Better Preparedness in Emergency Preparedness and Response in Ethiopia

BISHOFTU - 10 May 2016 | Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) of the Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in collaboration with the World Health Organization HQ and C

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Handover of Rotary’s Grant

Rotary Foundation Donates ETB 88.8 Million to Support WHO Ethiopia Operational Cost of Polio Eradication Initiative

ADDIS ABABA, 17 May 2016 | An Official Handover Ceremony of Rotary’s Grant

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Health workers trained on collection, packaging and transportation of dangerous pathogens samples

Mbale, 16th May 2016 - The Ministry of Health with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) conducted a three-day regional training on sample collection

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A child receiving oral polio vaccine during immunization campaign in Kano State

Canada sustains its funding support for polio and routine immunization in Nigeria.

Abuja, 16 May, 2016 – Today, the Government of Canada, through the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, announced a contrib

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Dr Afisa Zackaria delivering the Keynote Address on behalf of the First Lady of Ghana

Ghana’s Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service with support from WHO and other Partners officially launched the 6th African Vaccination and Child Health Promotion Week

Delivering the key note address on her behalf by the Chief Director of the Ministry of  the Ministry of Health Dr Afisa Zackaria, Her Excellency the First Lady of the Republic o

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