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From below 10 to 51 percent - Tanzania increases COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage

Tanzania- As COVID-19 vaccine delivery enters a phase of integration with routine services, Tanzania has emerged

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Marie Jeanne breathes easy as Rwanda takes on Tuberculosis

Rwanda has made commendable progress in the fight against tuberculosis, boasting a 42% decrease in two decades.
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Saifullahi Bulama, happy to recover from menigitis

Tying the noose on Cerebrospinal Meningitis- border communities in Jigawa State receive lifesaving vaccines

Abuja ‒ In mid-March, 16-year-old Saifullahi Bulama, residing in Garin Mu’azu, located in Sule Tankankar Local Government Area (LGA) in Jigawa State, Nigeria, was healthy and ru

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President Dr Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi welcomed the WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti during her visit to Botswana, in April 2023

WHO Regional Director visits the host country of the upcoming session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa (RC73)

The WHO Regional Director for Africa Dr Matshidiso Moeti visited Botswana to engage with the country leadership and discuss the organization of the se

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Diphtheria outbreak response-Lagos State sensitizes communities on vaccine efficacy

Lagos - Sometime in February, Kazeem Ade, age seven, was recuperating from diphtheria on a hospital bed in the children's ward at the Lagos University Teaching

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Dr Simon Nyadundu, Chief Director for Human Resources and Administration in the Ministry of Health and Child Care.

Zimbabwe Hosts Workshop on Integrating Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) and Mental Health Components in HIV Programming for Global Fund

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Hon. Hendrick Gaobaeb, Constituency Councilor and Kunene Regional Chairperson, Hon. Dr Kalumbi Shangula, Minister of Health and Social Services and Dr Charles Sagoe-Moses, WHO Representative launching the WHO 75th Anniversary in Opuwo, Kunene Region, 6 April 2023

Namibia Head of State congratulates WHO on its 75th Anniversary

In a special note on 7 April 2023, His Excellency, Dr Hage Geingob, President of the Republic of Namibia hailed global and national public health achievements of over the past 7

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Mothers in Malawi value the first malaria vaccine

Mothers in Malawi value the first malaria vaccine

In April 2019, Gilimbeta took her daughter Lusitana to a rural health facility on the outskirts of Lilongwe, Malawi, for vaccination. At the time, she did not realize that her infant daughter was being written into history:  the 5-month-old was the first child to receive the world’s first malaria vaccine (RTS,S/AS01 or RTS,S) as part of the WHO-coordinated Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme.
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