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What fuels unproven COVID-19 therapies?

What fuels the use of unproven COVID-19 therapies?

Pretoria – The emergence of COVID-19 and the pandemic have raised…
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Risks and challenges in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Risks and challenges in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well under way. Forty-nine…
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Rapid tests up Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Rapid tests up Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Harare – Zimbabwe has upscaled the use of antigen rapid diagnostic…
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Joining forces to tackle the Ebola Infodemic in Guinea

Joining forces to tackle the Ebola Infodemic in Guinea

N’Zerekore – On a sultry morning in early March in the small town of…
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A health worker receiving their first dose on day one of the vaccination

Ebola vaccination starts in Sierra Leone to prevent new outbreak

Freetown, 11 May 2021 – Ebola vaccination kicked off today in Sierra…
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A health worker receiving their first dose on day one of the vaccination

Ebola vaccination starts in Sierra Leone to prevent new outbreak

Freetown, 11 May 2021 – Ebola vaccination kicked off today in Sierra…
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New vaccination centre to reduce crowding in a COVID-19 context and ease vaccination services for nursing mothers and their babies at the CHU Tanambao-Diego in the Diana region.

Easing Routine Vaccination during COVID-19 in Madagascar

Young Sylvania Randriambelo breastfeeds her 2-month-old baby, as she…
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Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Brazzaville - With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the…
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Partial view of ICT equipment donated to MOH by WHO

WHO strengthens Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Surveillance and Stewardship in Liberia

Monrovia, Liberia: To strengthen Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)…
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Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Brazzaville - With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the…
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