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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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L-R: WHO Representative- Dr Yonas, WHO officer-Dr Bodo, Irish Deputy Ambassodor-Ms Nicole McHugh and the Minister of Health-Dr Aceng at the handover of the equipment worth USD 250,000 procured by WHO with funding from the Irish Government

Uganda Receives COVID-19 Equipment from WHO Supported by the Irish Government

Kampala, 30th September 2020:- The Minister of Health Dr Jane Ruth…
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Yaffa Fatoumata

“It weighs you down,” Congo COVID-19 survivor recounts

Yaffa Fatoumata hoped that the fever and the sore throat she was…
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Laura Nagasha

Surviving COVID-19 and fighting stigma in Uganda

Kampala – When 30-year-old Ugandan entrepreneur Laura Nagasha…
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Ministry of Health and WHO staff teaching health workers proper donning and doffing of a Personal Protective Equipment

Arua Regional Referral Hospital Medical Team Learns Quick Valuable Lessons from COVID-19 Response

Kampala, 24 September 2020: - For many health workers of Arua…
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Bagama Guehara

Overcoming COVID-19 at 99 years-old in Guinea

Conakry – When Bagama Guehara walked out of Donka Hospital in Guinea’…
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Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases

Social, environmental factors seen behind Africa’s low COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – COVID-19 transmission in Africa has been marked by…
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Coronavirus

Village Health Teams look for COVID-19 patients House-to-House in Kanungu District

Kampala, 21 September 2020:- In Bwindi village in Kanungu district…
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Expert panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials

Expert panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials

Brazzaville – The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional…
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