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COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa

Brazzaville – COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of…
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Elna Christiana Rooi chose to self-medicate at home when she tested positive for COVID

‘The day COVID came into our house’

GOBABIS- As she reflects on the havoc the Delta variant of the SARS-…
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WHO Ethiopia Supports DHIS2 Training to Drive COVID-19 Vaccination Data Management

Addis Ababa, October 2022 –The District Health Information System,…
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Dr Marthe Sylvie Essengue Elouma, Gavi Regional Head, Francophone Africa

GAVI's contribution to the COVID-19 response to pandemic

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has played a critical role in helping…
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Supporting Madagascar’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake at 78

Supporting Madagascar’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake at 78

Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar – “The vaccine at all costs to survive the…
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Boosting medical oxygen supplies in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Boosting medical oxygen supplies in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Kinshasa – In her small office at University Clinics of Kinshasa,…
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H.E Ambassador Masahiro Imai

WHO alleviates public health threats through meaningful partnerships in Rwanda

It has been over two years since the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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WHO Communications Officer for Nigeria Country Office takes reporters through on the roles of journalism in health reporting

Promoting quality reporting on health - Press Union of Liberia launches a Health Reporters Network.

14 September 2022, Monrovia:  The surge of pandemics such as…
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Erwin Meroro was admitted to the COVID of the Gobabis State Hospital for over two months

Face to face with death… ‘I learned that nothing is impossible’

GOBABIS- Thirty four year-old Erwin Meroro believed he would never…
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Opening of the COVID-19 Testing Centre in Rodrigues island with the collaboration and support of the Ministry of Health and Wellness, the World Health Organization and the Africa Reinsurance Corporation, funding-partner

 The Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr the Honourable…
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