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12 April 2024

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In world first, Nigeria introduces new 5-in-1 vaccine against meningitis

12 January 2024

Departmental update

Snakebite and climate change: a call for urgent action to future-proof a neglected tropical disease

29 September 2022

Departmental update

WHO launches new initiative to stop the spread of invasive malaria vector in Africa

6 May 2022

Departmental update

Beyond numbers: database brings to light quality of care for women and their babies at a national scale

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16 April 2024

Technical assistance to accelerate the implementation of WHO recommendations on HIV...

This report summarizes insights and lessons learned from delivering technical assistance in Strategic Initiative countries during 2021–2023. It describes...

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27 January 2023

Vector alert: Anopheles stephensi invasion and spread in Africa and Sri Lanka

Anopheles stephensi, a highly competent vector of Plasmodium falciparum and P. vivax, is considered an efficient vector of urban malaria. Until 2011, the...

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31 March 2021

Step-by-step guide for developing a public health strategy for artisanal and small-scale gold mining...

Researchers or other assessors should use this guide to help ministries of health develop a public health strategy as part of the ASGM NAP. The evidence...

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