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Health workers going through the drills of donning and doffing Personal Protective Equipment during an outbreak of Marburg Hemorrhagic fever in Kapchorwa district, eastern Uganda in 2017.

How Previous Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks Helped Uganda Respond to COVID-19 Outbreak

For many public health workers in Uganda, responding to disease…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 27 August 2020

27 August 2020 — Forty-seven (47) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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certification cereony of 30 laboratory scientists who were recruited and underwent training in molecular diagnostics to scale up COVID-19 testing

WHO Demonstrates strategic commitment by supporting COVID-19 testing and laboratory capacity in Sierra Leone.

FREETOWN, 27 August, 2020 – The Ministry of Health and Sanitation in…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 26 August 2020

26 August 2020 — Eighty-eight (88) new COVID-19 cases were…
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Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem

Togo is first African country to end sleeping sickness as a public health problem

Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO…
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The Minister of Health of Ethiopia launches a joint assessment of the Health Sector Transformation Plan II 2020-2024

The Ethiopian Minister of Health, Dr Lia Tadesse, officially launched…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 25 August 2020

25 August 2020 — Two hundred and thirty-one (231) new COVID-19 cases…
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Push for stronger health systems as Africa battles COVID-19

Push for stronger health systems as Africa battles COVID-19

Health Ministers and representatives from African countries gathered…
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