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Le Sénégal en quête d’une certification internationale pour son équipe médicale d’urgence

Senegal seeks international certification for its emergency medical team

Thiès, Senegal, In the operating room, the regular beep of machines confirms the good news: the “patient”, tested positive for COVID-19 and having just undergon

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Sierra Leone completes strategic public health emergency readiness assessment and risks profiling

Sierra Leone has completed public health risk profiling with aid of the Strategic Tool for Assessing Risk (STAR) and field testing of a new tool that will better position the country in terms of readiness to respond to the health consequences of disease outbreaks, as well as natural and man-made disasters.
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Eritrea adapts the WHO 3rd Edition Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) Technical Guidelines and Training Modules

The unprecedented Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of 2014 in West Africa and other recent health emergencies revealed that the IDSR and IHR (2005)

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CIDRZ supports the National HIV Differentiated Service Delivery Training of Trainers under the Global Fund Differentiated Service Delivery Strategic Initiative

The Global Fund Differentiated Services Delivery (DSD) Strategic Initiatives (SI) invest in technical assistance (TA) in ten (10) priority countries until 2023, for the adoption

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WHO Liberia Country Office Walks The Talk- 4.2km walking challenge conquered

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States expand vaccination to underserved communities, close immunization gaps

Osun, 20 May, 2022 -  At the Akindeko market in downtown Osogbo, the capital of Osun State located in South-West Nigeria, the female head of the market (Iya-olo

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WR a.i. Dr. Zabulon Yoti giving polio drops to a child at the launch event

Tanzania ramps up nationwide vaccination against polio

Dodoma, 18 May 2022 – The United Republic of Tanzania has launched its second round of vaccination against wild polio.

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Supporting Togo’s health care improvement drive

Supporting Togo’s health care improvement drive

In collaboration with World Health Organization in Togo, World Bank is supporting the country to improve its health care quality. This includes equipping 14 training schools for paramedical personnel with teaching, computer and videoconferencing materials, with more than 600 nurses and midwives recently trained in infection prevention and care for COVID-19 patients. World Bank Resident Representative in Togo, Hawa Wagué, explains why training is crucial for quality health care.
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