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Egypt becomes the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to eliminate trachoma as a public health problem

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The World Health Organization (WHO) today announced that Egypt has successfully eliminated trachoma as a public health problem.

At Chad’s fragile Sudan border, UN and partners redouble connectivity drive for refugees and hosts

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Connectivity for Refugees initiative is making strides in bringing private and public partners together to facilitate digital inclusion for 20 million people.

UNHCR: Violence flares anew in northern Mozambique, forcing 22,000 to flee in a week.

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is deeply concerned at the rapidly growing displacement in northern Mozambique as a conflict that is entering its eighth year appears to be intensifying again, forcing nearly 22,000 people to flee their homes in a single week

UNHCR calls for urgent international support to advance solutions for Sahel’s forcibly displaced.

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About 4 million people are now displaced across Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and neighbouring countries.

WHO and the European Union launch collaboration to advance digitized health systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Union (EU) announced today a new agreement to support the digital transformation of health systems and wider adoption of WHO’s Global Digital Health Certification Network (GDHCN) in sub-Saharan Africa.

Republic of Congo reinforces measures to curb potential Ebola outbreak.

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The Republic of Congo has stepped up measures to rapidly detect and respond to potential Ebola outbreak as neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a new outbreak of the virus in Kasai Province in the central region of the country.