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Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge in Africa plateaus

Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge in Africa plateaus

After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now exceeded 10 million.
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Dr Adam Haji, WHO, and Wajir County team, access nomadic communities for Covid-19 vaccination in north-eastern Kenya recently

Valuable Community Response Lessons for 2022

 As 2022 begins, health expe

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The Minister of Health Honourable Peggy Vidot accepting the donations of tablet from the WRai Dr. Susan Tembo.

WHO hands over consignment of tablets to further support improvement in data management for COVID-19 response in Seychelles

Victoria, Seychelles. As part of its continued support to improve data management within the context of COVID-19 including the health system as a whole, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has handed over 76 tablets to the Ministry of Health. The acting WHO Representative for Seychelles Dr. Susan Tembo handed over the tablets to the Minister of Health, Honourable Peggy Vidot in a ceremony at the Seychelles Hospital, on 27th December 2021. 
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The SC handing over the donated materials to the state government

WHO provides health care support, donates materials to Adamawa State Government to curb cholera outbreak

Yola, 29 December, 2021 - In its continuous efforts to support health care services in Nigeria, the World Health Organization (WHO) donated some health interven

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Rwanda meets WHO year-end target with over 40% COVID-19 vaccination coverage

 

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Democratic Republic of the Congo targets 2 million in cholera vaccination drive

Democratic Republic of the Congo targets 2 million in cholera vaccination drive

Kalemie (Tanganyika Province) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo today launched a massive cholera vaccination

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Meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over

Meningitis outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared the meningitis outbreak that erupted in the north-eastern Tshopo Province over. A total of 2662 cases and 205 deaths were recorded.
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Key lessons from Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well under way. All but one of Africa’s 54 nations are rolling out COVID-19 vaccines and around 250 million doses have been given on the continent.
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