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Mozambique: Widespread vaccination against COVID-19

Widespread vaccination against COVID-19

As much-needed COVID-19 vaccinations reach vulnerable groups at a…
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Meeting On Cross-Border Healthcare

Meeting On Cross-Border Healthcare: Strengthening Coordination And Collaboration In The Horn Of Africa

On June 20, 2022, a cross-border coordination meeting between…
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WHD 2022

World Hepatitis Day: The Last Mile Towards Hepatitis Elimination

World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise…
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Nigeria seeks to eliminate severe and often lethal mouth disease

Nigeria seeks to eliminate severe and often lethal mouth disease

As Chief Medical Director at the Sokoto Noma Children’s Hospital in…
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WHD 2022

World Hepatitis Day: The Last Mile Towards Hepatitis Elimination

World Hepatitis Day is observed each year on 28 July to raise…
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Better testing boosts leprosy response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Better testing boosts leprosy response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa – Yole Monlwa, 22, vividly remembers the day he heard a…
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91 million Africans infected with Hepatitis B or C

91 million Africans infected with Hepatitis B or C

Brazzaville - More than 91 million Africans live with …
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Liberia declares Monkey pox outbreak – First case confirmed in Maryland

Monrovia, July 25, 2022: The government of Liberia through the…
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WHO Representative to Uganda, Dr Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam handing over 2400 mpox tests to the Minister of Health Hon Dr Jane Ruth Aceng Acero.

WHO donates 2,400 tests for Mpox to Uganda

The World Health Organization has provided the Ugandan Ministry of…
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WHO, CDC and the Ministry of Health train 70 Emergency Responders in Uganda

WHO, CDC and the Ministry of Health trained 70 Emergency Responders to improve health emergency management in Uganda

The Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the…
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