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The rationale for the development of the country profiles is that while data on individual indicators such as child marriage prevalence or modern contraceptive...
15 June 2018
Minamata initial assessment - Health component in West Africa A summary of the health impact assessment...
The Ministries of Public Health in six West African countries, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo, with the support of WHO, collected data...
9 March 2018
Report of a series of 82 cases of Buruli ulcer from Nigeria treated in Benin, from 2006 to 2016
Nigeria is one of the countries endemic for Buruli ulcer (BU) in West Africa but did not have a control programme until recently. As a result, BU patients...
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