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Porto-Novo is the capital city of the Republic of Benin.

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9 February 2024

Departmental update

Digital payments to health workers boost retention, motivation, and impact

12 January 2024

Departmental update

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

16 May 2023

News release

WHO congratulates Benin and Mali for eliminating trachoma as a public health problem

24 May 2022

Departmental update

Benin, Uganda and Rwanda eliminate human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem

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15 February 2021

Contraception within the context of adolescents’ sexual and reproductive lives

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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...

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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...