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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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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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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 06 March 2021

06 March 2021 — Eighty-three (83) new COVID-19 cases were identified…
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Infodemics and the quest for verified information on COVID-19

World Health Organization (WHO) Gambia trained 60 local journalists…
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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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A UNICEF and WHO official receiving the initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda A UNICEF and WHO official receiving the initial batch of COVID-19 vaccines at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda

Uganda receives 864,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines

KAMPALA- Friday, 6 March 2021– The Ministry of Health has today…
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