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Opening Remarks by Dr. Khaled Bessaoud, WHO Representative a.i - A Research Proposal Development Workshop 10 to 14 December 2012 Babo-gaya Resort Center, Debre-Zeit

Dear Distinguished Colleagues,

Ladies and gentlemen,

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Researcher participants with Dr Khaled Bessaoud (Center), staff from WHO CO, HQ , FMOH/EHNRI

The Implementation Research Platform - Leveraging funds initiative (IRP) Workshop concluded successfully

14 December 2012, Bishoftu, Ethiopia -- The Five - Days workshop on “Implementation Research Protocol Development” concluded on December 14, 2012.

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Participants from Anglophone countries pose for a group photo during the regional workshop on 3-7 December

WHO Regional Workshops on Costing National Health Programmes held in Nairobi

3-14 December 2012, Nairobi -- Two regional workshops on the “United Nations OneHealth Costing Tool”, developed by UN agencies (UNAIDS, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF Worl

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Remarks by Dr Khaled Bessaoud, WHO Representative Ethiopia - Rotary handover event

Distinguished Guests,

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L-R: Ms. Patrizia DiGiovani, Mr. Nahu-Senaye Araya and Dr Khaled Bessaoud

Rotary International donates financial support for Polio Eradication activities

14 December 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- In a handover ceremony hosted at WHO Ethiopia Country Office, Mr.

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Conference Adopts Recommendations on Immunization Systems, Polio Eradication, Others

Dar es Salaam, 12 December 2012 -- Strengthening Africa’s immunization systems, curbing the increase in the number of wild polio virus cases in Nigeria and clos

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The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Luis Sambo in a group photo with the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, Hon. Dr. Hussein Mwinyi

The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Luis Sambo, attends the 4th Annual Regional Conference on Immunization in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

On 12th December, 2012, The WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr.

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Nigeria Outlines Strategies to “Kick Polio out” by 2013

Dar es Salaam, 12 December 2012 -- Nigeria, the only polio-endemic country in Africa, has outlined its strategies to interrupt wild polio virus transmission in

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