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Keeping displaced persons safe from COVID-19 in South Sudan

Keeping displaced persons safe from COVID-19 in South Sudan

As the world’s youngest country readied measures to prevent…
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Keeping displaced persons safe from COVID-19 in South Sudan

Keeping displaced persons safe from COVID-19 in South Sudan

As the world’s youngest country readied measures to prevent…
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Training of Trainers on Infection Prevention and Control and Case Management post COVID-19, from 12-16 October 2020, Labourdonnais Hotel, Mauritius

COVID-19: Strengthening Infection Prevention and Control Capacity in Mauritius

A Training of Trainers on Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and…
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Laboratory work at Mutukula Point of Entry

UK Gives £1.3 Million to Fight COVID-19 in Uganda

Kampala, 8th October 2020- The British Government recently released a…
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COVID-19 halting crucial mental health services in Africa, WHO survey

COVID-19 halting crucial mental health services in Africa, WHO survey

Brazzaville – Critical funding gaps are halting and disrupting…
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Coping with mental health impact of COVID-19

Coping with mental health impact of COVID-19

Kampala – Dan Bukenya felt beleaguered by anguish. He lost sleep most…
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Intra Action Review of the COVID-19 response in Sietrra Leone

Sierra Leone completes COVID-19 Intra-Action Review

The WCO in Sierra Leone provide technical support to the National…
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Burial Teams at work

The “Angels” Who Bury the COVID-19 Dead Alone

Kampala, 5th October 2020:- “Angels” is a name one would hardly…
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WHO staff and COVID-19 data management team at Prampram and Ablekuma Central verify mapping contacts to cases and checking for completeness of COVID-19 data.

Strengthening Contact Tracing for COVID-19 in Greater Accra Region

The confirmation of SARS coronavirus-2 in Accra, Ghana on 12 March…
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Sierra Leone reversing immunization decline in wake of COVID-19

Sierra Leone reversing immunization decline in wake of COVID-19

Freetown - Although the first case of COVID-19 didn’t emerge until…
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