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Access to Affordable Vaccines for Middle Income Countries Workshop kicks off in Eswatini

The Minister of Health, Honourable Lizzie Nkosi opened the second…
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EWARS- improving early detection and prompt response to acute public health events

EWARS- improving early detection and prompt response to acute public health events

Maiduguri, 1 November, 2019 - Not so long ago, collecting and…
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Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Moving from huge fears to busloads of visitors: A Guinean doctor remembers overcoming community mistrust to treat Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Marie Claire Lamah is a doctor from the West Africa country of Guinea…
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Participants of the Third Edition of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) guidelines workshop

Strengthening disease surveillance and outbreak response in South Sudan to save lives

Juba, 25 October 2019: To improve reporting performance and capacity…
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State Minister of Primary Health Care with Japanese Ambassador, WHO Representative and Mayor of Kicukiro were present

Japan joins Rwanda to emphasize community engagement as a pillar of Ebola Prevention

The Ambassador of Japan to Rwanda, His Excellency Mr. Takayuki…
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835 000 people to receive second dose of the cholera vaccine in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

835 000 people to receive second dose of the cholera vaccine in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The second phase of an oral vaccination campaign to protect more than…
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Regional partnership promoting high-impact ideas for a healthier Africa is announced

Regional partnership promoting high-impact ideas for a healthier Africa is announced

The African Academy of Sciences and WHO unveil strategic partnership…
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Paediatrics testing, at the Kubwa General Hospital. Credits_ FMOH_CDC

Government strives to make medication, support available for HIV-positive children

Abuja, 29 October, 2019 - Five-year-old Hadiza Malami* and her…
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