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UN RC (4th right), WR (3rd left), UN & WHO personnel presented gifts to last polio case and parents in Maiduguri-Photo credit_WHO Ogbeide.jpg

WHO Representative urges Borno, the last polio sanctuary, to remain vigilant despite Certification

Maiduguri, 23 September, 2020 -  The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Nigeria, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo has congratulated Borno, the last wild

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Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

Review of maternal deaths and the continuity of essential reproductive, maternal, and child health services in the context of COVID-19 and the Humanitarian Crisis in the Sahel, Burkina Faso

In the context of the double burden of COVID-19 and Humanitarian Emergencies in the Sahel region, analysis of data from the official weekly telegram-letter (TLOH) of the Ministr

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How to certify a region as wild polio-free: Interview with Professor Rose Leke

How to certify a region as wild polio-free: Interview with Professor Rose Leke

After the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate polio worldwide in 1988, the Global Certification Commission led the way in establishing a formal process for certifying regions polio-free, asking each of the six WHO regions to set up a Regional Certification Commission. 
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By foot, boat and bicycle, thousands of volunteer vaccinators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) go to extraordinary efforts, sometimes at personal risk, to help eradicate polio.

DRC: The great lengths that polio vaccinators go to reach every last child

By foot, boat and bicycle, thousands of volunteer vaccinators in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) go to extraordinary efforts, sometimes at personal risk, to help eradicate polio.
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Sensitization at Isiwu PHC, Ikorodu LGA by NPO TUB SW Zone

WHO supports government to integrate COVID-19 case finding into TB surveillance activities.

Abuja 22 September 2020 - “During a tuberculosis outreach in my community, one of the team members insisted I take a test as he said I already have symptoms.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 21 September 2020

21 September 2020 — Eleven (11) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1448 samples tested today.

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Village Health Teams look for COVID-19 patients House-to-House in Kanungu District

Kampala, 21 September 2020:- In Bwindi village in Kanungu district southwestern Uganda, a team of four masked Village Health Team (VHTs) members armed with pens

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 20 September 2020

20 September 2020 — Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1892 samples tested today.

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