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WHO staff supervising activities in the districts

Zambia has embarked on the first round of the annual Child Health Week campaign to protect the health of children and adolescent girls amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Zambia like many other countries has faced challenges of safely maintaining access to high-quality, essential health services due to pressure exerted on the health delivery syst

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Practical session on case management

The African Development Bank, Ministry of Finance and Planning and WHO sign a grant-based partnership agreement to support the COVID-19 response and strengthen health systems for emergency preparedness in South Sudan

Juba, 24 June 2020 - The African Development Bank (AfDB), Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance and Planning and the World Health Organization (WHO) have sign

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Dr Braka is passionate about equal participation and leadership in public health

Gender-responsive leadership is central to end polio

Dr Fiona Braka holds one of the highest-stake roles in the African regional polio programme – supporting the Government of Nigeria in their fight to defeat wild poliovirus. She is the first woman to hold her position in Nigeria, and before that was the first female polio team lead in Ethiopia.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 23 June 2020

23 June 2020 — Eleven(11) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 4568 samples tested today.

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When and how to use masks (WHO)

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) advice for the public: When and how to use masks

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How local testing sped up response to new Ebola outbreak

How local testing sped up response to new Ebola outbreak

When a young man in his town died of a haemorrhagic fever, Fabien Impanda Boliko had to act fast. The 56-year-old laboratory technician in Mbandaka tested and identified the first case of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) 11th Ebola outbreak in the western Equateur province.
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 22 June 2020

22 June 2020 — Fifty-nine (59) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2287 samples tested today.

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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 21 June 2020

21 June 2020 — Twenty-six (26) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 3252 samples tested today.

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