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Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

Nine in 10 African countries set to miss urgent COVID-19 vaccination goal

As COVID-19 cases in Africa rise for the third week running and vaccines are increasingly scarce, 47 of Africa’s 54 countries—nearly 90%—are set to miss the September target of vaccinating 10% of their people unless Africa receives 225 million more doses.
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Ms. Lorato Mphusu, CEO of Botswana Christian AIDS Intervention Programme (BOCAIP) contributing to discussions

Ending the neglect to attain Sustainable Development Goals and eliminate the Neglected Tropical Diseases in Botswana

Gaborone, 01 June 2021 - Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are ancient diseases of poverty that impose a devastating human,

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Over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Angola

Over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Angola

Angola has reached the milestone of more than one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered after receiving the first doses from COVAX, a partnership between Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI )and WHO, which aims to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19, worldwide.
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WR Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo

Stakeholders throw weight behind food safety amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Abuja June 7, 2021 - “My stomach started aching, I threw up all day, as if my entire digestive system wants to come out. I felt very weak.

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L-R:- Dr Musa Mustapha Dogara, Principal Investigator - Dr Jalal-Eddeen Saleh, of WHO and Mr Bilya Haruna, Program Manager, State Malaria Elimination Programme

In Jigawa State, WHO backs malaria research

Dutse, 9 June, 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting a recent move by the Jigawa State Government to sponsor research on malaria, a preventab

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A Representante da OMS em Angola, Dra. Djamila Cabral foi recebida em Luanda, pela Ministra da Educação de Angola, Dra. Luísa Grilo,

WHO Angola support to the Education sector to improve School Health.

Luanda, 07th June 2021 – The WHO Representative in Angola, Dr. Djamila Cabral, met in Luanda the Minister of Education of Angola, Dr.

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Mr S Kololo – MoHW/HSM (right) and Mr S Feleke – WHO Botswana (centre) observe the M&E Officer of Bobirwa DHMT practicing use of the docking station

The European Union and WHO Support Botswana’s Health Data Efforts in the Districts

Financed by ECHO, WHO Botswana provided ICT equipment to the Ministry of Health and Wellness to support the Integrated Disease Surveillance Response (IDSR) in18 districts.
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Preventing sexual abuse and exploitation in Guinea

Preventing sexual abuse and exploitation in Guinea

In the small village of Sinkolé in the densely-forested south-east of Guinea, scores of men and women gather outside a ramshackle community hall on a Friday morning. Marius Djo, a World Health Organization (WHO) advisor on Prevention of Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (PSEA), waits for everyone to take a seat on old wooden school benches arranged in a rough semi-circle, then he begins an animated introduction.
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