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Gambia conducts vaccination pre-training for Senior Health Workers

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The WHO providing the much-needed training on preventing COVID-19, to 25 coordinators of the network who operate at the sub-county level.

HIV/AIDS Network Offers opportunity to Advance COVID-19 Community Work in Kanungu, Southwestern Uganda

Uganda has battled HIV/AIDS for over three decades and in that time,…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 08 March 2021

08 March 2021 — One hundred, and eight (108) new COVID-19 cases were…
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Representatvies of WHO, Dr. Desta Tiruneh and Uniccef, Mr. Lewis Jonathan and staff

The Arrival of COVAX vaccines Raises Hope in The Gambia

Banjul International Airport, 2nd March, 2021
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L-R Minister of Health, Director General, NAFDAC and WHO Country Representative receiving the vaccines in Abuja_Photo credit Ogbeide_WHO

Public health experts elated with COVID-19 vaccine delivery, assure Nigerians of vaccine effectiveness and safety.

Abuja, 8 March, 2021 - When Nigeria, the most populous country in…
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Dr Austin Hinga Demby, Minister of Health and Sanitation delivering the keynote statement at the event to mark arrival of the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in Sierra Leone under the COVAX Facility

COVID-19 vaccines shipped by COVAX arrive in Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Monday 8 March 2021 - Today, Sierra Leone…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 07 March 2021

07 March 2021 — Forty-two (42) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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COVID-19 vaccines

2.2 million COVID-19 vaccines allocated by the COVAX Facility arrive in Ethiopia, marking the start of the country’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign

Addis Ababa, 07 March 2021 –
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