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African Health Ministers open meeting to shape continent’s health agenda

African Health Ministers open meeting to shape continent’s health agenda

Brazzaville, 24 August 2021 – African Health Ministers and…
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Second dose Ebola vaccination underway in Sierra Leone

Ebola vaccine booster doses underway in Sierra Leone

Ebola booster dose vaccination kicks off in Sierra Leone following…
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Group photo of dignitaries at the arrival and handover ceremony of the second batch of 96000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Roberts International Airport

Liberia Receives Second Batch of 96,000 Doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine

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Acting WHO Representative in Liberia Dr. Zabulon Yoti making remarks during the opening ceremony of the NAPHS review meeting in Monrovia

Liberia concludes a three-day workshop to review National Action Plan for Health Security (NAPHS) Implementation and progress since 2017

Monrovia, 18th August
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A member of the community health champion providing interpersonal risk communication messages on Cholera, Covid-19, Measles, Malaria among other to some women in IDPs camp. Photo-credit: Kingsley/WHO

WHO-supported Risk Communication interventions contribute to decline in Measles cases Borno State

Maiduguri, 19 August, 2021 - “I was distraught seeing my four years…
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Togo vaccinates over 90% of health workers against COVID-19

Togo vaccinates over 90% of health workers against COVID-19

When Togo launched its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on 10 March,…
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Learning from Botswana’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Learning from Botswana’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Africa’s largest-ever vaccination drive is well underway.52 African…
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Dr Walter Kazadi Mulombo (2nd right) addressing journalists at the hand-over ceremony of 699,760 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine in Abuja Photo_WHO/Owoseye

Nigerians awaiting second dose of AstraZeneca vaccine to heave sigh of relief soon.

Abuja, 19 August 2021 - Nigerians awaiting their second dose of the…
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