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Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet

Africa faces steepest COVID-19 surge yet

Brazzaville, 24 June 2021 – Africa is facing a fast-surging third…
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Presentation by WHO Ghana Country Representative, Dr Francis Kasolo at the function

Community participation key in ensuring sufficient, safe and sustainable blood supply- Health Minister

Ghanaians have been called to develop the culture of voluntary blood…
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Participants group photo

Visceral leishmaniasis case management training conducted for Eritrea, 15-17 June 2021

WHO (WCO/ Eritrea, AFRO and HQ) in collaboration with Neglected…
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OCV vaccination

WHO Supports the cholera vaccination campaign in Zambia’s hot spot districts as the country accelerates its efforts to eliminate the deadly disease

Although Cholera is a preventable disease, it remains a significant…
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Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Freetown – While the 2014–2016 deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa…
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Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Freetown, 21 June 2021 – While the 2014–2016 deadly Ebola outbreak in…
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Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Freetown – While the 2014–2016 deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa…
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Leaving a legacy after Ebola in Guinea

Leaving a legacy after Ebola in Guinea

N’zerekore – It is a quiet morning at an Ebola treatment centre in…
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Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Vaccination boosts Sierra Leone’s Ebola prevention

Freetown, 21 June 2021 – While the 2014–2016 deadly Ebola outbreak in…
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Defeating Ebola in Guinea through better experience

Guinea’s Minister of Health explains what it took to end Ebola

Conakry – The Ebola outbreak that erupted in Guinea in early 2021 was…
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