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Children’s continued learning and welfare should be at the centre of decisions around school re-open

  By Alex Gasasira, Laylee Moshiri, and Hubert Gijzen On any…
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WHO encouraged by South Africa’s declining COVID-19 trend

WHO encouraged by South Africa’s declining COVID-19 trend

Brazzaville – The World Health Organization (WHO) commends the…
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Ministry of Health and WHO Respond to a Spike of COVID-19 Infection in Amuru Prison

Kampala, 14 September 2020: - Amuru Prison is just like any other…
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COVID-19 genome sequencing laboratory network launches in Africa

COVID-19 genome sequencing laboratory network launches in Africa

Addis Ababa/Brazzaville – With several African countries now…
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Combatting health worker infections in Nigeria

Combatting health worker infections in Nigeria

Kaduna – When Dr Mark Anthony makes his weekly rounds in Kaduna…
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Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa

Noncommunicable diseases increase risk of dying from COVID-19 in Africa

Brazzaville, 10 September 2020 –  There is increasing…
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One of the Treatment Units that was set up to manage cases and has now been repurposed to manage COVID-19 cases

Ebola response bolsters Uganda’s COVID-19 fight

When much of the world was waking up to the enormous implications of…
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Coronavirus

WHO works with the Army to educate a fishing community about COVID-19 in Uganda

Kampala, 7 September 2020:- At Rwenshama point of entry on the shores…
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The Hon. Minister of Health and Sanitation, Dr Wurie, the WHO Representative Mr Liyosi and officials inspecting the consignment that was donated to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation

WHO donates lifesaving equipment and medical supplies to help fight COVID-19 in Sierra Leone

The World Health Organization continues to expend its strategic…
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Inspiring role of nurses and midwives’ on the COVID-19 frontline in Zimbabwe

By Tatenda Chimbwanda To be a nurse and a midwife means to be of…
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