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A decade of trauma and a journey to healing
Maiduguri, 07 March, 2025 - Fatima Ibrahim (name changed) was just a child when her world was torn apart. At age 10, she ...
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WHO intensifies support to Uganda’s fight against Sudan virus disease
Today marks 35 days of response since Uganda declared the Sudan virus disease (SVD) outbreak on 30 January 2025. To strengthen coordination and ...
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United Nations in Uganda launches joint emergency appeal for funding to support the government and people of Uganda in response to the Ebola outbreak
The United Nations in Uganda has today launched a joint emergency appeal to raise funds for the comprehensive three-month (March-May 2025) USD 11.2 ...
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Escalating humanitarian crisis in Renk amid renewed conflict in Sudan.
Juba - The ongoing conflict in Sudan has forced more than 160,000 people to seek refuge in South Sudan since mid-December 2024, placing ...
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Strengthening active cholera case finding in Angola
Luanda – One morning in late January 2025, Julia Armando found her 68-year-old mother collapsed on the floor, suffering from severe diarrhoea and ...
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Uganda deploys the National Emergency Medical Team to support Ebola response
Kampala/Uganda: The Uganda Ministry of Health (MOH), with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners deployed the national Emergency Medical Team ...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo deepens investigation on cluster of illness and community deaths in Equateur province
Kinshasa – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and experts from World Health Organization (WHO) are carrying out further investigations ...
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Stakeholders strengthen commitments to end polio transmission in Nigeria by December 2025
Abuja, 27 February, 2025 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting Nigeria's government in strengthening Primary Health Care ...
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High-level delegation visits Nigeria, urges commitments from government
Abuja – As Nigeria intensifies efforts to halt the transmission of type 2 variant poliovirus, a high-level delegation from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative(GPEI), ...
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Mampotseng Letuka, village health worker
Maseru ‒ Mampotseng Letuka, a mother of eight from Koali village in Berea district in the north of Lesotho, has spent her life ...
