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WHO supported the 2024 African vaccination week celebrated with a motto “Attention to zero doze and under vaccinated children”
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WHO supported the 2024 African vaccination week celebrated with a motto “Attention to zero doze and under vaccinated children”
28 June 2024
WHO hands over emergency and infection prevention control equipment to strengthen health systems in Kigoma Region
27 June 2024
Health experts discuss work force investments and optimization in Uganda
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Rallying action to curb cholera in Nigeria’s Lagos state
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A polio outbreak response in Tigray with the novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2) vaccine: used as an opportunity to enhance the routine immunization
30 June 2024
Angola Aims to Vaccinate Over 3.7 million Children in the Second Round of the Polio Vaccination Campaign
28 June 2024
WHO supported the 2024 African vaccination week celebrated with a motto “Attention to zero doze and under vaccinated children”
28 June 2024
Rallying action to curb cholera in Nigeria’s Lagos state
27 June 2024
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