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Highlights
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WHO supports 16 African countries to protect against Listeriosis
March 2018 - WHO has reached out to 16 African nations to provide support for preparedness and response to a listeriosis outbreak that started in South Africa in 2017 but is now threatening other countries on the continent.
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Call for Europe’s commitment to increase investment to end TB
March 2018 – The number of new tuberculosis (TB) patients has been decreasing at an average rate of 4.3% yearly in the last decade in the WHO European Region. Despite being the fastest decline in the world, the trend is insufficient to achieve the target of ending the TB epidemic by 2030.
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Diphtheria vaccination campaign for 2.7 million children concludes in Yemen
March 2018 – WHO, UNICEF and national health authorities have completed a large-scale vaccination campaign to control the spread of diphtheria in Yemen. The campaign targeted nearly 2.7 million children aged 6 weeks to 15 years in 11 governorates.
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Have your say and help give every child the best start in life
March 2018 – The Nurturing Care Framework for early childhood development is now entering its second phase of online consultations. The Framework builds on state-of-the-art evidence of effective interventions and recognises the critical importance of an enabling environment, with policies, information and services in a range of sectors including health, nutrition, education, social protection and child protection. The Framework will be launched at the time of the World Health Assembly in May 2018. The consultation runs until 28 March 2018.
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"Tackling tuberculosis must occur in concert with a commitment to securing financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services, and use of safe, effective, and affordable necessary diagnostics and medicines."
Events calendar
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World Health Day - 7 April 2018
7 April 2018 - World Malaria Day, 25 April 2018
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World Immunization Week, 24-30 April 2018
24-30 April 2018 -
Walk the Talk: The Health for All Challenge
20 May 2018
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Cholera – Somalia
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Listeriosis – South Africa
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Lassa Fever – Nigeria
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Human infection with a seasonal reassortant A(H1N2) influenza virus – Netherlands
23 March 2018