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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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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 22 September 2020

22 September 2020 — Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1631 samples tested today.

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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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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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Coronavirus

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 19 September 2020

19 September 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2272 samples tested today.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 18 September 2020

18 September 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1549 samples tested today.

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Expert panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials

Expert panel endorses protocol for COVID-19 herbal medicine clinical trials

The Regional Expert Committee on Traditional Medicine for COVID-19 formed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention and the African Union Commission for Social Affairs has endorsed a protocol for phase III clinical trials of herbal medicine for COVID-19 as well as a charter and terms of reference for the establishment of a data and safety monitoring board for herbal medicine clinical trials.
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