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Over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Angola

10 June 2021

Angola has reached the milestone of more than one million doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered after receiving the first doses from COVAX, a partnership between Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI )and WHO, which aims to ensure equitable distribution of vaccines against COVID-19, worldwide.

Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa’s health facilities

03 June 2021

As the risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases increases, African countries must urgently boost critical care capacity to prevent health facilities from being overwhelmed. This comes as vaccine shipments to the continent grind to a near halt.

Africa urgently needs 20 million second doses of COVID-19 vaccine

27 May 2021

Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the next six weeks to get second doses to all who received a first dose within the 8—12-week interval between doses recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Over 1.2 million need health assistance in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province

21 May 2021

Pemba, 21 May 2021 – More than 1.2 million people urgently need health assistance in Cabo Delgado Province in northern Mozambique where recent armed attacks sparked further population displacement and deepened a protracted humanitarian crisis.

Supply bottleneck, financial challenges fuel delays in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rol...

20 May 2021

A blockage on supplies and financial challenges are delaying Africa’s rollout of COVID-19 vaccines and risk curtailing plans to significantly expand the continent’s rollout later this year.

Expiry date and shelf life of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine produced by the Ser...

17 May 2021

The WHO Regional Office for Africa wishes to provide clarification and guidance on the issue of expiry dates of COVID-19 vaccines in general, and specifically on AstraZeneca vaccine doses produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) – referred to as Covishield, that were delivered to several African countries and have since expired

Rapid tests up Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 diagnosis

14 May 2021

Zimbabwe has upscaled the use of antigen rapid diagnostic tests to reinforce its COVID-19 response, hitting a daily rate of 4000 tests – a fourfold increase reached within just two months after the method was launched in November 2020.

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

06 May 2021

With Africa-bound COVID-19 vaccine doses from the Serum Institute of India delayed for the foreseeable future, slow vaccine rollouts and new variants making inroads, the risk of a new wave of infections in Africa remains high.

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over

03 May 2021

Today marks the end of the 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu. The Ebola outbreak that re-emerged in February came nine months after another outbreak in the same province was declared over.

Raising awareness of the African Region’s SRHR stakeholders on the WHO guidelines on...

30 April 2021

To orient and update Regional SRHR stakeholders on the WHO Consolidated Guideline on Self-Care Interventions for Health and WHO guidelines on Safe Abortion Cares, the WHO Regional Office for Africa organized two rounds of webinars on 13 – 15 April and 20- 22 April 2021.

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Over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in Angola

Risk of COVID-19 surge threatens Africa’s health facilities

Africa urgently needs 20 million second doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Over 1.2 million need health assistance in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado Province

Supply bottleneck, financial challenges fuel delays in Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rol...

Expiry date and shelf life of the AstraZeneca Covishield vaccine produced by the Ser...

Rapid tests up Zimbabwe’s COVID-19 diagnosis

Vaccine supply crunch adds to risk of COVID-19 resurgence

Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over

Raising awareness of the African Region’s SRHR stakeholders on the WHO guidelines on...

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