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Participants in the Annual African Yellow Fever/ Measles Surveillance Dara management and Laboratory directors' meeting in Kampala

Uganda’s Minister of Health commends WHO and GAVI for supporting countries to eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases

Kampala, 27th February 2020:- Uganda is hosting a five-day…
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Deaths from Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak top 6000

Deaths from Democratic Republic of the Congo measles outbreak top 6000

Kinshasa, 7 January 2020 – With the death toll from the world’s worst…
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Measles vaccination drive launched, North Kivu targets 2.2 million children

Measles vaccination drive launched, North Kivu targets 2.2 million children

Kinshasa, 5 December 2019 – Around 2.2 million children are to be…
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Vaccination

More than 18 million children in Uganda to be immunized against Measles, Rubella and Polio in Mass Campaign

Kampala, 15 October 2019 – Uganda is set to immunize more than 18…
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Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Parents rush for measles vaccine after recent outbreak kills thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Hypolite Mandala and his wife, Nadège, were among the first parents…
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Photo: WHO/Kisimir Jonh Shim

An emergency vaccination point for children offers a mother relief against measles in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

As her bus approached the town of Masi Manimba, Rosette Mboma heard a…
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Photo: WHO/Kisimir Jonh Shim

WHO and partners launch emergency vaccination campaign to help contain world’s largest measles outbreak

With the world’s largest and fastest-moving measles epidemic…
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Benediction, suffering from Cholera, & his mother (GOMA), Photo: WHO/Savage S.

​Ebola, cholera and measles: Triple threats to the poorest communities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kasika is one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Goma, the largest city…
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Health Week in Sofala

More than 435.000 children in Sofala province will be protected against measles, polio and rubella during Health Week in Mozambique

Beira, 6 May 2019 - Every year the Ministry of Health of Mozambique…
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Une vaccinatrice donnant le vaccin oral polio bivalent à un enfant - dans la zone de santé de Kasa-vubu, à Kinshasa. OMS/Eugene Kabambi

Pour lutter contre la résurgence des cas de polio dérivée d'une souche vaccinale (PVDVc2), la RDC a lancé les Journées nationales de vaccination visant 19,466, 557 millions d'enfants de 0 à 59 mois. Une campagne couplée à celle de la rougeole.

KINSHASA, 18 AVRIL 2019. En ce mois d’avril 2019, le Ministère de la…
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