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COVID-19 more deadly in Africans with diabetes

COVID-19 more deadly in Africans with diabetes

Brazzaville – Africa’s sharp increase in diabetes is clashing with…
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WHO delivers 6.6 tons of emergency medical kits to Sierra Leone following fire disaster

WHO delivers 6.6 tons of emergency medical kits to Sierra Leone following fire disaster

Freetown, 09 November 2021 – World Health Organization has delivered…
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Dr Martins Ovberedjo, WHO Representative giving his Remarks

Consensus Building Workshop on Priority Health Research Agenda 2022-2026 November 04, 2021

On 4 November 2021, the Ministry of Health, Eritrea, organized a…
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Uber Driver Daniel

How a commercial driver is contributing to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

It's a wet Monday morning in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti…
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WHO emergency teams learning and supporting in Malawi

WHO emergency teams learning and supporting in Malawi

With Malawi’s top-level leadership fully committed to addressing…
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An eligible child being administered with Seasonal Malaria drug. Photo_credit_Kingsley_WHO

WHO supports Adamawa and Yobe States to administer Malaria drugs to over 1.9 million children 

Yola, 1 November, 2021 - Maimuna Abdulraham a caregiver and four…
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Sierra Leone declares measles outbreaks

Ministry of Health and Sanitation declares confirmed measles outbreaks in Kambia District

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MoHS) today declared measles…
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UK Med critical care emergency medical team on mission in Mauritania

Ben Zaid Hospital welcomed on Monday, October 11, an emergency…
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Driving vaccine demand in Uganda’s hard-to-reach communities

Driving vaccine demand in Uganda’s hard-to-reach communities

Kampala – Drones, street preachers and district and community leaders…
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Mobile cash in polio response: three things to know

Mobile cash in polio response: three things to know

Brazzaville – In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional…
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