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COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

COVID-19 variants prolong Africa’s pandemic wave

Weekly COVID-19 cases in Africa fell by more than 20%—the sharpest seven-day decline in two months – as the third wave pandemic tapers off. However, the rate of deceleration is slower than the previous waves owing to the impact of more transmissible variants.
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States in the Northwest keep pressure on vaccine-derived polio

Kano, 9 September, 2021 - On 25 August 2021, African countries marked one-year anniversary of Polio certification.

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UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Neils Scott, WHO Acting Representative and UNICEF Representative at the J&J COVID-19 vaccine donation ceremony by the World Bank

Liberia receives additional 108,000 Doses of COVID-19 J&J Vaccine through World Bank

Consignment of J&J COVID-19 vaccine donated by the World Bank to the Government of Liberia

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WHO Acting Rep. handing over GeneXpert modules to Dep. Health Minister Tulay

WHO Donates Essential Supplies to Strengthen the Health System Response to COVID-19

Dep. Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Peter Speyrer, WHO Acting Country Rep. Dr. Yoti and Dep.

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Minister Edwin Dikoloti and his delegation visiting the COVID-19 isolation facilities at Scottish Livingstone Hospital

International critical care specialists deployed to assist the COVID-19 response in Botswana

07 September 2021, Molepolole: The Scottish Livingstone Hospital in Molepolole hosted an event that introduced a team of cri

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Democratic Republic of the Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province

Democratic Republic of the Congo declares meningitis outbreak in north-eastern province

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of meningitis in the north-eastern Tshopo Province where 261 suspected cases and 129 deaths—a high case fatality ratio of 50%—have been reported.
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View of in-person participants at the KOICA Project MTR in Monrovia

KOICA, MOH, NPHIL and stakeholders conduct health service resilient (HSR) project Midterm Review (MTR) in Liberia

Group photo of participants at the KOICA Project MTR in Monrovia

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L-R: The US Ambassador to Sierra Leone and the Minister of Health and Sanitation at the official handing over of the J&J COVID-19 vaccines donated by the US Government to Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone receives 151,200 J&J COVID-19 vaccines donated by US Govt. via COVAX Facility

Freetown, Tuesday, 7th September 2021 – The United States Government has donated 151,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Sierra Leone to help accelerate the current COVID-19 vaccination drive in the country.
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