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Health Ministers Renew Commitment to Action on Humanitarian Crisis

A meeting of health ministers from southern African counties and senior officials of WHO ended Wednesday in Harare, Zimbabwe, with delegates from participating countries renewin

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WHO Regional Committee for Africa ends, adopts five resolutions

Harare, 12 October -- The 52nd session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa ended Saturday in Harare, Zimbabwe, with the adoption of resolutions aimed

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Preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Swaziland

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Communities at the heart of the fight against yellow fever in Angola

Huambo is Angola’s second biggest city and the province with the largest urban population after Luanda province.

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WHO works in the SEOCC with UN agencies and other partners. In this photo are representatives from WFP, CDC, WHO, OCHA and ECHO

Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC)

The mission of the Sub-Regional Ebola Operations and Coordination Centre (SEOCC) is to provide a platform for agencies and governments to  coordinate their response to the

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Know your hepatitis status – increasing access to testing for a hidden infection.

A staggering 95% of people infected with hepatitis B or C around the world do not know they are infected.

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WHO information note: Guidance for immunization programmes in the African Region in the context of Ebola virus disease

As a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC), the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa has drawn huge global attention and response.

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Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Epidemiological Report, July 2010

Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) in the WHO African Region now goes beyond the scope of Communicable Diseases.

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