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Niamey ‒ In Niger, efforts are underway to mainstream screening for gynaecological cancers into primary health care services thanks to the WHO PEN approach, a WHO programme that aims to integrate the ...
News Niger » Niamey » Health: Combined HIV-TB testing, care curbing infection and mortality in Niger
Niger does not intend to stop there. “We hope to further reduce the mortality rate to the accepted 5%,” says Dr Mariama Baissa, TB-HIV programme manager at the WHO country office in Niger. The country ...
News Niger » Niamey » Health: Some 5,600 new Malian refugees arrive in northern Niger
NIAMEY, Niger, April 5 (UNHCR) - Some 5,600 Malian refugees crossed into Niger last week saying they fled because of continuing conflict in the north or for fear of possible reprisals by the Malian ...
News Niger » Niamey » Health: Surviving in Niamey: Malian refugees struggle to get by in the big city
NIAMEY, Niger, November 1 (UNHCR) - At the beginning of this year, Omar was studying to become a French teacher in Timbuktu. Today, he is a refugee in neighbouring Niger and working as a tailor to ...