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World Malaria Day 2016

 
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Photo story: Observation of the cholera outbreak response in Zanzibar

01. At the Chumbuni Cholera Treatment Centre, Dr Chatora is briefed…
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Mothers fully particpating in the MR campaign Banjul, 25 April 2016 - After intensive preparations, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) in collaboration with WHO, UNICEF and other partners has officially launched the much awaited seven-day nationwide measles –rubella vaccination, which ends on Monday, 1st May 2016. The campaign, which is integrated with vitamin A supplementation and de-worming, is the first of its kind conducted in the Gambia as echoed by WHO and

Gambia launches Measles-Rubella vaccination campaign

Banjul, 25 April 2016 - After intensive preparations, the…
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Lofa County Superitendent administering bOPV

Liberia embraces the Oral Polio Vaccine SWITCH

Monrovia 23rd April - The Ministry of Health Liberia embraced the…
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PHEM focal persons and partners in Afar National Regional State receive training on EWARS

Afar Regional Health Bureau in Ethiopia Receives Training on EWARS to respond to health and Nutrition Emergency

Samara, 20 April 2016 – The WHO Ethiopia Country Office (WCO Ethiopia…
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African countries withdraw type 2 component of polio vaccine

Brazzaville, 22 April 2016 – As the world gets closer to gl
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Retrieved tOPV vials waiting for boil and bury in Abia

Unprecedented support pervades as Nigeria officially “switch” to bivalent Oral Polio Vaccine

Abuja, 22 April 2016 - Nigeria has successfully conducted the ‘switch…
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Ghana hosts a two day Meeting on Preventive Chemotherapy for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Accra.

Ghana hosts a two day Meeting on Preventive Chemotherapy for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in Accra.

Accra, Ghana - A two-day meeting for the Neglected Tropical…
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