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African nations and WHO are redoubling their efforts to reinforce peoples health and wellness in an area with some of the greatest rates of illness worldwide. With the Africa Women Health Champions, UNV and WHO will hire early-career ladies experts to promote health across the 47 countries where WHO exists on the continent.
” Together, we are opening the doors for 100 females experts to join WHO workplaces across Africa as UN Volunteers. And these brand-new colleagues will be the agents of change and champions of Africas healthy future,” said Toily Kurbanov, UNV Deputy Executive Coordinator.
In the coming months we will recruit 100 national and global UN volunteers in the African Region, and we will be targeting girls from the global south to boost equity and empowerment,” said Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
Considering that 1973, WHO has been partnering with UNV to provide fundamental social services, main healthcare and combat diseases through awareness and prevention.
In the last 10 years, 439 UN Volunteers served with WHO, supporting its mission to promote health, keep people safe and serve the susceptible.
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