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Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine into Its National Immunization Programme

Senegal Introduces Hexavalent Vaccine into its National Immunization Programme

On July 1, 2025, Senegal officially launched the introduction of the hexavalent vaccine into its Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI).

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WHO Representative Dr. Fabian Ndezako engaging with Ms. Wenyan Yang, the new UN Resident Coordinator in Botswana

UN Leaders engage WHO Botswana to strengthen coordination and multilateral collaboration

In an expression of strengthened partnership and renewed commitment to multilateralism, the WHO Botswana Country Office recently hosted two high-level

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WHO collaborates with media managers in the fight against mpox in Sierra Leone

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Freetown

Sierra Leone bolters mpox response: WHO leads groundbreaking genomic surveillance and bioinformatics training

Freetown, Sierra Leone - In a strategic initiative aimed at enhancing mpox outbreak response and genom

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media engagement

WHO collaborates with media managers in the fight against mpox in Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Today, senior media executives gathered for a crucial meeting convene

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Health services provided at a makeshift health site for the people displaced due to the flood. Photo credit

WHO supports health response in flood affected Mokwa, Niger State

Minna, 28 June, 2025 - In response to severe flooding that displaced thousands and disrupted health services in Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, the

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WHO supporting Guinea restore vaccine capacity after fire damage

WHO supporting Guinea restore vaccine capacity after fire damage

Conakry - Following a fire accident at a vaccine depot in Guinea’s capital Conakry, World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the authorities to devise urge

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Polio

Angola responds strongly to the polio virus emergence

In response to a recent polio outbreak in Benguela

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