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Malaria vaccine

Innovation at work: reflections from Malawi on the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, in childhood vaccination

RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) is the first vaccine recommended by WHO …
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Second Round Polio Vaccination Begins in Malawi

25 April 2022 Lilongwe – Malawi launches the second of four…
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Democratic Republic of Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in northwest province

Democratic Republic of Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in Mbandaka

Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 23 April 2022 – The health authorities in…
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Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Luanda – Joana Domingos had long ceased to believe the official COVID…
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Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Luanda – Joana Domingos had long ceased to believe the official COVID…
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measles vaccination campaign SNNP

Ethiopia conducts a measles vaccination campaign to respond to an outbreak in three regions

A measles vaccination campaign was conducted in Ethiopia from…
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Tree planting

Ministry of Health and Partners plant over 100 trees as part of World Health Day commemoration in Uganda

Kampala, 19th April 2022: - The Ministry of Health, the World Health…
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How home-based care eased Rwanda’s COVID-19 response

How home-based care eased Rwanda’s COVID-19 response

Kigali – When COVID-19 cases and deaths in Rwanda began to spike in…
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Accelerated Mass Vaccination Campaign agaisnt COVID-19 in Uganda

Ministry of Health and Partners Step-up COVID-19 vaccination in Uganda through Accelerated Mass Vaccination Campaigns

Loyce Twikirize is 18 years old and lives in Kabale district with her…
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the 2nd round #polio vaccination campaign

Ethiopia kicks off the second-round polio campaign with the new tool “nOPV2 vaccine” to tackle an ongoing polio outbreak

17 April 2022, Addis Ababa –On 15 April 2022, Ethiopia kicked off the…
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