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Taking stock of the progress made by the SRHR Initiative in the African Region during the year 2020

WHO in the African Region has been implementing a four-year…
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Landmark alliance launches in Africa to fight COVID-19 misinformation

Landmark alliance launches in Africa to fight COVID-19 misinformation

Brazzaville - The World Health Organization (WHO) today launched…
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Ministry of Health, KOICA, WHO and Good Neighbours officials at the event to hand over the support to the Ministry

Uganda receives Laboratory Supplies from KOICA and WHO to fight COVID-19

Kampala, 3rd December 2020: - Uganda received a consignment of 5 Bi-…
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WHO Ethiopia COVID-19 Incident Management Team on a supportive supervision visit to the Gambella isolation and treatment center set up in the Gambella University premises

How Ethiopia prepared its health workforce for the COVID-19 response

Health workers are vital to the global response to COVID-19. With…
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Working with the media in Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight

Working with the media in Nigeria’s COVID-19 fight

Abuja – When Regina Otokpa, an Abuja-based journalist, co-authored a…
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Over 3.3 million children vaccinated in Chad in large-scale polio campaign

Over 3.3 million children vaccinated in Chad in large-scale polio campaign

N’Djamena – More than 3.3 million children have been vaccinated…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 01 December 2020

01 December 2020 — Fourteen (14) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 30 November 2020

30 November 2020 — Fifteen (15) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Training in progress

Health workers gain new knowledge to help reduce maternal and perinatal deaths in Zimbabwe

    By Vivian Mugarisi Harare, Zimbabwe - Ensuring…
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How the world’s highest HIV-prevalence country turned around, and in record time

How the world’s highest HIV-prevalence country turned around, and in record time

Mbabane – Because her government aggressively pursued treatment as…
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