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Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie Claire Lamah is a doctor from the West Africa country of…
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835 000 people to receive second dose of the cholera vaccine in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

835 000 people to receive second dose of the cholera vaccine in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Goma, 30 October 2019 – The second phase of an oral vaccination…
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Regional research prioritization exercise on SRHR with focus on safe abortion and post-abortion care, including in humanitarian settings

Regional research prioritization exercise on SRHR with focus on safe abortion and post-abortion care, including in humanitarian settings

Cape Town, South Africa, 29 October - 01 November 2019 Universal…
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New milestone towards a polio-free world, but there is no time to relax

Brazzaville, 24 October 2019 – In another historic step for humanity…
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Blandine Kazade: The nurse who saved a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Photo: WHO/Kisimir J.

Blandine Kazade: The nurse who saved a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

In the Ebola epidemiological zones in the Democratic Republic of the…
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Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Ten African countries endorse cross-border collaboration framework on Ebola outbreak preparedness and response

Goma, DRC, 21 October 2019 - The Democratic Republic of the…
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Cigarette prices double following tax revisions

Cigarette prices double following tax revisions

To curb smoking and the many diseases related to tobacco, Rwanda…
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Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

Mombasa, 18 October 2019 – With President Uhuru Kenyatta leading the…
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Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

Kenya takes vital step against cervical cancer and introduces HPV vaccine into routine immunization

Mombasa, 18 October 2019 – With President Uhuru Kenyatta leading the…
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