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Algeria’s COVID-19 hotline props up rapid response

Algeria’s COVID-19 hotline props up rapid response

Leaning over desks with hands-free headsets hugging veils or bare…
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Close-marking COVID19 – WHO supports screening activities at Lagos international airport arrivals 

Lagos, 11 March, 2020 - Following the successful deployment of ad-hoc…
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Ebola community health workers trained for the future

Beni, 10 March 2020 – In a small commune of mud and wattle homes in…
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Dr Edith NKWEMBE, Microbiologist of INRB DRC using laboratory reagents to identify COVID-19

First case of COVID-19 confirmed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Ministry of Public Health in the Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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Health care worker explaining to women about post abortion care services available at health centres

Enhancing capacity of Zimbabwe’s health system to reduce abortion related maternal deaths

Zimbabwe has made tremendous progress in reducing maternal mortality.
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Follow-up of last Ebola contacts ends

Follow-up of last Ebola contacts ends

The observation period of the last people to have come in contact…
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South African Development Community unites to tackle COVID-19

South African Development Community unites to tackle COVID-19

Ministers of Health from the Southern African Development Community (…
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Reaching communities with prevention messages through local radio stations

Coronavirus disease: What you need to know

Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness…
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