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Improving Immunization Services Provision in Zimbabwe Through Effective Vaccine Management

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COVID-19 Laboratory work at Mutukula Port Health Facility

Government of Denmark extends an additional One Million US Dollars towards the fight against COVID 19 in Uganda

KAMPALA, Uganda, 26 June 2020: The Government of Denmark, through the Royal Danish Embassy in Kampala, extended additional financial support of US Dollars 1,000,000 to the Gover

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MCH Week, HPV Vaccine administration

The integrated Mother and Child Health Week during COVID-19 Pandemic in Rwanda

Rwanda concluded on 19th June its biannual Integrated Mother and Child Health Week organized from 15th to 19th June 2020.

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Eligible beneficiary of meningitis vaccination campaign in Yobe state implemented with technical support from WHO.

Germany boosts WHO’s strategies to support government-led interventions for vulnerable populations in the North-east 

Maiduguri, 26 June, 2020 - “Sometimes I wonder what our lives would have become without the intervention of the humanitarian organizations,” says Alhaji Umara M

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UN staff participating in Kalerwe Market to commemorate an UN day 2018

United Nations Wellness Program helping UN staff and their families cope with the effects of global COVID-19 pandemic

Kampala, 26 June 2020:-The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic whose initial case was first reported in the Wuhan Province of China in January 2019 has affe

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Volunteering in Nigeria’s COVID-19 battle

Volunteering in Nigeria’s COVID-19 battle

Hauwa Ibrahim is unsure when she will see her family again. Two months ago, the 29-year-old nurse volunteered to work at a COVID-19 treatment centre in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. Worried she might put her family at risk of catching the virus, she opted to stay at the centre. Like her, many health workers lending a hand to the country’s battle against the pandemic have forgone time with family.
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Kuisebmund Community Testing Centre in Walvisbay, Namibia

Walvis Bay COVID-19 Strategy: Test, Isolate and Treat

25 June 2020.   Namibia COVID-19 cases increa

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Building on Ebola response to tackle COVID-19 in DRC

Building on Ebola response to tackle COVID-19 in DRC

The Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was declared over today, almost two years since the first case was confirmed. The DRC Ministry of Health made the announcement after no new cases were reported 42 days since the last patient tested negative for the virus.
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