Burundi launches first polio vaccination campaign in more than a decade
Post Views: 339 Burundi’s health authorities on Friday 11 June 2023 launched the country’s first national polio vaccination campaign since
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Marburg Virus Disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea ends
Post Views: 338 The outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease in Equatorial Guinea ended on Thursday 8 June 2023 with no
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Stakeholders call for urgent action to end dental amalgam use in Nigeria
Post Views: 343 Ahead of the fast approaching September 28, 2023 date that Children’s Amendment under the Minamata Convention on
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Regional initiative to tackle health impacts of climate change in Africa launched
Post Views: 359 At the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, African governments represented by Ministers of Health, in collaboration with the
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FIFA, WHO extend collaboration to promote health through football
Post Views: 334 The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have agreed to extend
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Minamata Convention: Zambia, others move to phase out dental amalgam in dentistry
Post Views: 359 Apparently enthused by the success it has achieved in eliminating dental amalgam in all health facilities both
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Congress agrees to scale up health services
Post Views: 347 The World Meteorological Congress has agreed to scale up services to protect public health given that climate-related
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WHO calls for accelerated action to reduce anaemia
Post Views: 351 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has launched its first-ever comprehensive framework on reducing anaemia, calling on countries
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Minamata Convention: African NGOs assemble in three regional workshops to implement the Children’s Amendment
Post Views: 385 Photo Caption: Group photograph of the World Alliance workshop for Central and West Africa, held in Lomé
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Minamata Convention: Africa proposes treaty sales ban on mercury skin lighteners
Post Views: 366 The Zero Mercury Working Group has applauded the recent proposal by the African Region to amend the
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