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African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative

African countries engaging in ground-breaking COVID-19 vaccine initiative

Brazzaville – While the race to find safe and effective COVID-19…
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WHO officials talk to the health workers at Kasensero Health Center II

WHO supports the Government of Uganda to rapidly respond to COVID–19 at Kasensero Landing Site

Kampala, 2 September 2020:- Kasensero landing site located on…
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Frontline Health Workers follow WHO IPC guidelines as they provide care for Covid-19 patients

By Tatenda Chimbwanda Bulawayo, Zimbabwe - The first day Princess…
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Commissioning of the Molecular laboratory in Makeni to facilitate scaling up of COVID-19 testing

A new COVID-19 testing laboratory commissioned in rural Sierra Leone supported by WHO

On 29 August 2020, a newly established WHO-supported COVID-19 testing…
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Health workers going through the drills of donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment during an outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic fever in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda in 2017.

How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

For many public health workers in Uganda, responding to disease…
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certification cereony of 30 laboratory scientists who were recruited and underwent training in molecular diagnostics to scale up COVID-19 testing

WHO Demonstrates strategic commitment by supporting COVID-19 testing and laboratory capacity in Sierra Leone.

FREETOWN, 27 August, 2020 – The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in…
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Push for stronger health systems as Africa battles COVID-19

Push for stronger health systems as Africa battles COVID-19

Brazzaville, 26 August 2020 – Health Ministers and…
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Zambia’s COVID -19 home-based care relieves health facilities

Zambia’s COVID-19 home-based care relieves health facilities

Lusaka – Shortly after Zambia reported its first cases of COVID-19 in…
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WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa

WHO, UNICEF urge safe school reopening in Africa

Brazzaville/Nairobi – The unprecedented and prolonged school…
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Mr. Hilary Njenge with Ms. Sarah Fordah, WHO Polio STOP consultant and COVID19 Data Mananger at a training of surveillance officers from all 14 regions in Windhoek

Heroes from the Namibian COVID health front-line: An epidemiologist’s narrative

With contemporary times calling them disease detectives,…
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