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Raising tobacco taxes is a win-win for governments
Dar es Salaam - This week, technical experts from the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Revenue Authorities, Ministries of Health in Tanzania Mainland ...
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Floods raise cholera risk even as cases decline in Africa
Brazzaville – As weekly cholera cases in the affected African countries decline, heavy flooding due to seasonal rains and tropical cyclones in southern Africa ...
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Reaching communities at risk of measles with vaccination
By Vivian Mugarisi Masvingo, Zimbabwe – Mwenezi Ward 10 Councillor Pilate Sayi is doing his part to ensure no child in his area is ...
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Zimbabwe launches Health Resilience Fund and Strategic Frameworks to bolster Universal Health Coverage
By Tatenda Chimbwanda Harare, Zimbabwe – Universal Health Coverage (UHC) means that all people have access to the full range of quality health ...
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In Burundi, health at the heart of the fight against gender-based violence
Bujumbura – Salomé* still recalls the years of domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her ex-husband as a particularly dark period ...
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Community-based response boosts Liberia’s COVID-19 detection, vaccination drive
Monrovia — As Liberia tackled rising COVID-19 cases in 2022, rapid diagnostic testing of everyone living within 100 metres of newly confirmed cases helped break transmission ...
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WHO provides ultrasound machines to Kigoma Region
Kigoma - Kigoma region is among the five regions with the highest number of maternal deaths in the country. For the year 2022, ...
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WHO South Sudan conducted Staff retreat to improve performance and impact
WHO South Sudan conducted a three-day staff retreat from 24 to 26 January 2023 in Juba. The objective of the retreat was to ...
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Mozambique targets 720 000 people in cholera vaccination drive
Maputo – Mozambique today kicked off a cholera vaccination campaign targeting around 720 000 people in eight districts as the country steps up ...
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Brand-new, cutting-edge technology deployed by Zimbabwe to enhance diagnostic tests aiming at combating the growing burden of antibiotic resistance
By Dr Tapfumaneyi Mashe Harare, Zimbabwe - Over reliance on antibiotics has also led to the growing silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ...
