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Sentinelle N°4

Le nouveau numéro de la Sentinelle est disponible

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Seasonal workers in West Gondar

Preventing potentially fatal tropical disease in thousands of migrants in Ethiopia

Every year, hundreds of thousands of seasonal workers from across northern Ethiopia make the trek to work the farmlands of the West Gondar area, but are typically unaware of the localised risk of Leishmaniasis there.
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WHO’s Technical Officer training vaccinators in Mayom

Mass measles vaccination campaign underway in response to outbreak in Mayom, South Sudan

Mayom, 6 March 2019 – A campaign to immunize nearly 40,000 children against measles was launched today, 6 March 2019.

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Measles and rubella vaccination campaign in Brazzaville

The Republic of Congo starts vaccinating 2.2 million children against Measles and Rubella

Under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Congo, His Excellency Denis SASSOU NGUESSO, the Government of Congo launched today a measles and rubella vaccination campaign, which aims to provide protection to more than 2.2 million children. This campaign, which targets boys and girls aged 9 months to 14 years will cover 43% of the country's population and will also include Vitamin A supplementation and mebendazole deworming for children aged 9 to 59 months.
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Vaccination in Harare

Africa’s first-ever mass typhoid fever vaccination campaign ends in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe concludes an eight-day, mass typhoid fever vaccination. The campaign was the first of its kind in Africa and targeted 370 000 people, mostly children and adolescents.
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WHO presenting thermometers for Lassa fever outbreak response to Enugu state

WHO remains mobilized against Lassa fever cases as number of cases go down in affected areas

Abuja, 04 March 2019 – While the number of new Lassa fever cases have significantly reduced over the past weeks, intensified response activities are on-going to

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The Permanent Secretary of the MoHW, Ms R Maphorisa (third from the right), Ministry management team and the NVC Chairperson Dr Matshaba (2nd from the left) during the debriefing session

Last mile towards dual elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Syphilis: Can Botswana be the first?

Gaborone, Botswana - 19 February 2019: The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) requested for technical support from WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS and CDC to review dat

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Surveillance for Guinea worm disease in Northern Namibia

Strengthening surveillance for Guinea worm disease in Northern Namibia

A case of Guinea worm disease (GWD) was confirmed in Angola in June 2018.  The case, an eight-year girl, hails from the Cunene Province in Angola, which borders Ohangwena and Om

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