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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 parents and siblings.

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 Organization (WHO) and Tree Adoption Uganda (TAU), joined hands to commemorate World Health Day in a tree-pl

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 second-round polio campaign with type 2 novel oral polio vaccine (nOPV2) aiming to protect

WHO staff member interacting with the population

Angola bolsters fight against COVID-19 misinformation

Luanda – Joana Domingos had long ceased to believe the official COVID-19 information coming from national authorities in her native Angola.

World Health Day - High Level Advocacy Event

WHO and the Ministry of Health Engage Partners to make progress towards Uganda’s Commitments on Climate Change at the COP26

The Ministry of Health, and the World Health Organization (WHO) convened a high-level advocacy meeting to rally development partne

Africa witnesses longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases

Africa witnesses longest-running decline in COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – Africa is experiencing its longest-running decline in COVID-19 infections since the onset of the pandemic.

The Honourable Minister of Health, Senator Lizzie Nkosi making remarks

“Our Planet, Our Health” towards a healthier tomorrow

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Botswana, South Africa deepen probe into new Omicron sub-variants

Botswana, South Africa deepen probe into new Omicron sub-variants

Brazzaville – Researchers in Botswana and South Africa have detected new sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 and are carrying out further