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Africa records over 500 000 COVID-19 cases

Africa records over 500 000 COVID-19 cases

COVID-19 infections in Africa today surpassed 500 000, and there is concern as a growing number of countries are experiencing a sharp rise in cases. So far, in less than five months, the virus has claimed 11 959 lives, overtaking the 11 308 lives lost in the world’s worst Ebola outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.
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Tracy Chigumba conducting a data entry training at Beatrice Isolation Centre

Seke District Rapid Response Team (DRRT) supports Beatrice Isolation Centre COVID-19 case management, investigation and contact tracing

A drastic increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mashonaland East Province was recently observed with a major chunk of reported cases from Seke District. The cases moved from 56 to 82 in a week with 21 of the 26 new cases coming from Seke District.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 08 July 2020

08 July 2020 — Twenty-two (22) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2644 samples tested today.

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The WHO Representative, Dr. Nathan Bakyaita (far right) handing over the donation to The Permanent Secretary at MOH, Dr. Kennedy Malama (centre)

WHO donates equipment and transport facilities to MOH in its continued effort to help the country curb the spread of COVID-19

The WHO Country Office in Zambia has continued working jointly with other United Nations Agencies and other partners to strengthen on-going interventions to respond and prevent

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Participants demonstrating sample collection from each other

WHO supports Anambra State to boost COVID-19 testing capacity, trains cohort of health workers

Akwa, 7 July, 2020 - “This capacity building is timely and has empowered us to effectively respond to COVID-19”, said Ms Ifediata Adaora, a Medical Laboratory S

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Dr Charles Korir,walking out of Isolation centre

COVID-19-Tackling mental health during isolation is essential to full recovery

Abuja, 06 July 2020 - “When I tested positive to COVID-19 on April 23 2020, I was evacuated to an isolation facility with minimum contact with other infected pe

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 07 July 2020

07 July 2020 — Fifty-nine (59) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2871 samples tested today.

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Internal appraisal of the Child Health Immunization Programme with technical support of WHO

Tracking progress to improve immunization and essential health services for children during COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Sanitation has finalized an internal evaluation of its Child Health and Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) covering all districts. The appraisal looked at progress on set targets for 2019 and first quarter of 2020, implementation challenges and the capacity of the Programme for effective service delivery at national, district and health facility levels. Being the mainstay of every child survival in Sierra Leone, the Child Health EPI is one of the biggest health service delivery programmes in the country that provides lifesaving health services to an estimated 1.5 million children under 5 years as well as maternal health services to pregnant mothers.
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