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Abuja, 11 September, 2021 - On the 25th day of August 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) Africa region was certified polio free by the Africa Regional Certification Commission for Polio Eradication (ARCC), as Nigeria achieved the wild polio virus free status. 

Professor Oyewale Tomori, a leading virologist who helped spearhead Nigeria’s effort to kick out polio from the country is saying the outbreak of cVDPV2 is telling us that we have won a battle, but the war is still on. 

On 3rd September 2021, Liberia received 108,000 Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via the African Union (AU), African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) initiative, a partnership with UNICEF with funding from the World Bank. 

Monrovia, 7th September 2021:  The WHO Acting Country Representative, Dr.

Kano, 9 September, 2021 - On 25 August 2021, African countries marked one-year anniversary of Polio certification. Programme managers, health workers and polio survivors in Nigeria also celebrated the wild polio- free status in the country.  

07 September 2021, Molepolole: The Scottish Livingstone Hospital in Molepolole hosted an event that introduced a team of critical care specialists arrived in Botswana to support the response of medical care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Monrovia, 03 September 2021: Midway the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA)-funded project on “Making Health Systems Resilient to Public Health Emergencies with Quality Services and Emergency Preparedness and Response,” KOICA, WHO, Ministry of Health (MOH), and National Publi